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8 Bugs You Should Never Kill In Your Garden
Enter the mealybug predator, or Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. Specifically brought from Australia for pest control, the mealybug destroyer is harmless to plants and humans, but as a larvae and adult ...
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Master gardener in training: Ladybugs are good, but lacewings and mantises may be better
Several insects target mealybugs, but the Australian ladybug, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, eats only mealybugs and is one of the oldest biological controls in use. Decollate snails, at right ...
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Natural enemies associated with Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Ana Lúcia B. G. Peronti, Nilza Maria Martinelli, Júlia Godoy Alexandrino, Alberto Luiz Marsaro Júnior, Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias, Lúcia M. Almeida The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 99, No. 1 (March ...
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Ladybirds, cryptolaemus used to target problem mealybugs in NT frangipani trees
Principal Entomologist Brian Thistleton releases mealybug ladybirds (cryptolaemus) into a frangipani tree to target problematic mealybugs. The release comes as part of an NT Government and Darwin ...