• Partner with Nature this macadamia season

  July 14, 2022

  Koppert, we know that many of the challenges we find on farms already have a solution hidden in nature – we just have to find it! During the past few seasons [...] and avocado industry. We did this by using biological control agents such as predatory mites and parasitic wasps . We are excited to share that we have [...] breakthroughs and part of the success has been the first commercial release of a parasitic wasp to destroy stinkbug eggs. We can truly say that the results

• Breaking ground in SA for the macrobial control of stinkbug done by parasitic wasps

  August 1, 2022

  temperature and food availability. Green Shield is a potent weapon you need to combat stinkbug this season. As a first for macrobial control in South Africa it [...] and they are a hardy species that can survive up to 2 weeks without food. Trissolcus feeds on pollen and nectar, and stinkbug eggs are only a means of r [...] . One container has 100 adult Trissolcus wasps, normally released at a rate of a 100 wasps/ha. Directions for use : Containers can be left open in the

• Koppert, trotse nuwe eienaars van Vital Bugs

  September 26, 2024

  Lushof Insektariums was die eerste besigheid van sy soort in privaat, met o.a. Aphytis lingnanensis , Chilocorus nigritus en ander predatoriese kewers. Sy [...] aangesluit, waarna die naam in 2008 verander is na Vital Bugs cc. Vir meer as 30 jaar het Vital Bugs ‘n groot impak gehad op biologiesebeheer in Suid-Afrika

• Thrips Identification Guide

  egg laying, and a complete generation develop within a single gall. Adults exit galls and migrate to new terminal leaves to begin a new generation. The [...] (measured on cucumber). Both adults and larvae cause damage that appears as a silvery streaking or whitish blotches on leaves. Feeding can also cause spots [...] All stages stay on the plant, no pupation in the substrate. Feeding causes a greyish colouration of the leaves and eventually leaf death and abscission