“These tiny generalists are voracious consumers of many pests including aphids, scale, thrips and especially whitefly. Preferred food: greenhouse and outdoor sweet potato whitefly. Shipment, biology and release: Delphastus are shipped as adults, which eat several hundred whitefly daily. Adult females live for approx. 1 month and lay 3-4 eggs/day. Use Delphastus along with Encarsia and green lacewing. Release rate: 1,000/1,500 sq. ft. Availability: year-round Shipping Included in Price Orders are shipped within 10 business days.”

“Use these predators in addition to spider mite predators (predatory mites) when spider mite populations are especially high. Spider-mite destroyers are very efficient locators of spider mite colonies in greenhouse and field crops. Actually tiny ladybugs, spider-mite destroyers earn their keep by eating more than 40 mites per day as adults. Use these predators in addition to spider-mite predators (predatory mites) when spider-mite populations are especially high. Spider-mite destroyers eat all stages of spider-mites, and find new infestation sites on their own by flying. Life cycle Egg to adult takes about 18 days at 70°F with a total lifespan of perhaps 9 weeks. As adults, female spider-mite destroyers lay up to 15 eggs per day.100 spider-mite destroyers is enough to get a colony of them started in an average home greenhouse, as they’ll breed from there. Spider-mite destroyers are too new to have established preferred temperature ranges, but they’re known to survive temperature”

“Preferred food: aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, leafhopper nymphs, caterpillar eggs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies. Method of shipment, biology and release rates: The adults are sold in containers (buckets) of 100 or 500 and should be released the day received. To Release: We do not advise refrigerating the adults. If immediate release is not possible, moisten the accompanying sponge in water and replace it. Release as soon as possible, hopefully no later than 24 hours after receipt. To release, remove the top screen and use a piece of cardboard to regulate the amounts released throughout the target area. The eggs already deposited in the shipping container can be released in the target area by cutting the container. Availability: year-round. Includes Overnight Shipping!”