“Preferred food: Two-spotted spider mites and many others. Predators will consume egg, nymph and adult stages of pest mites. Neoseiulus californicus is an oblong, tiny predatory mite that feeds on a variety of prey. Use on crops including: cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, tropical foliage plants, and greenhouse roses. Use in gardens, fields, orchards and greenhouses. Shipment, biology and release: Use these beneficial mites when temperatures are between 60-80 degrees F. and there is a minimum of 60% humidity. These predatory mites consume their prey at a more leisurely pace (one adult or a few eggs per day), and can survive longer under starvation conditions. Release rates: 4 mites/sq. ft, bi-weekly, 2-3 times; 5,000-20,000/acre, bi-weekly, 2-3 times. Shipping Included in Price Orders generally ship within 2 business days.”

“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 on Wednesdays.”