Beneficial Insects
Are You Trying to Eradicate Your Pests — or Live With Them Strategically?
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Beneficial InsectsThe Beetle That Looks Like Its Prey
The larvae of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri look so much like mealybugs that growers routinely try to wipe them off their plants....
Beneficial InsectsThey Started the Moment You Released Them. You Just Can't Tell Yet.
You released the predatory mites three days ago and the spider mites are still there. The nematodes went in a...
Beneficial InsectsWhitefly Treatment That Doesn't Wear Off
Spraying whiteflies knocks back the adults you can see. It doesn't touch the eggs. The eggs hatch, the nymphs are...
Beneficial FungiThe Fungus That Fights for Your Roots
T22 is not a pesticide. It's a fungus that colonises plant roots, hunts and eats soil pathogens, produces antifungal compounds...
Beneficial NematodesHow Beneficial Nematodes Work: The Science of "Waking Up" Soil Predators
That packet of powder contains millions of living nematodes in a state of suspended animation — dried down, refrigerated, and...
Beneficial InsectsOne Eats Aphids. One Eats Mites. Carry On.
Ladybugs and predatory mites can run in the same space without meaningfully interfering with each other — but they're not...
Predatory MitesAre Predatory Mites Right for You?
The honest answer is: it depends. Predatory mites work exceptionally well under the right conditions — and fail predictably under the...
Predatory MitesThey Eat Pests for a Living. You're Welcome.
Predatory mites are the biological control solution to spider mites, thrips, broad mites, fungus gnats, and more — and they...
Broad MitesNo Webbing. No Warning. No Fun.
Broad mites are microscopic pest mites that cause twisted, bronzed new growth on peppers, cannabis, hoyas, and dozens of other...
Predatory MitesLimonicus: Late to Market, Early to Hunt
Most predatory mites do one thing well. Limonicus hunts thrips, whitefly, and spider mites — and survives on pollen when...
AphidsEggs on Stalks: The Unusual Biology of Green Lacewing Eggs
Green lacewing eggs are laid on silken stalks — an evolutionary solution to two problems at once. Here's the biology...