Pro Tips

  • Ants & Lacewing Larvae: Ants farm aphids for their honeydew and defend colonies from predators, including lacewing larvae. Control ants before or alongside your release.
  • Good Bug Diet: Maintaining your growing operation relies on well-fed beneficial insects as your natural defenders. By providing dependable food sources, you enhance their strength and effectiveness. Learn more here.
  • Pesticides, even wetting agents, and spreader-stickers may adversely affect green lacewing survival. Broad spectrum and systemic insecticides are toxic to lacewings.
  • Depending on the size and type of plants, the number and type of pests, other predator and parasite populations, and temperature, the frequency of releases may be affected.
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