Ornamental pot plants
The range of potted plants is too large to allow treatment of each type individually on this web site. Individual species or varieties may only suffer from one or two of the pests listed below, whilst others will suffer from a wider pest range.
There may also be pests, specific to some ornamental plants, which are not listed below. Tolerance of pests may be very low for aesthetic reasons, and biological control agents need to be chosen and used carefully to achieve control.
Note that beneficial mites or insects may require licences or permits for use in some countries, and that some of the species listed below may not therefore be available.
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Frankliniella occidentalis
Thrips tabaci |
Western Flower Thrips
Onion Thrips |
Amblyseius cucumeris
Amblyseius montdorensis
Amblyseius swirskii
Orius spp
Hypoaspis miles1 |
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Trialeurodes vaporariorum |
Glasshouse Whitefly |
Encarsia formosa Eretmocerus eremicus |
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Bemisia tabaci |
The Tobacco or Silverleaf Whitefly |
Eretmocerus eremicus Eretmocerus mundus |
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Aleyrodes proletella Aleyrodes lonicerae |
Cabbage Whitefly Honeysuckle Whitefly |
Encarsia formosa (some control) |
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Liriomyza spp
Phytomyza syngenesiae |
Leaf-miners |
Diglyphus isaeaDacnusa sibirica
Steinernema feltiae |
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Tetranychus urticae |
Red Spider Mite or Two Spot Spider Mite
Other Spider Mites |
Phytoseiulus persimilis Amblyseius andersoni Amblyseius californicus Feltiella acarisuga Amblyseius andersoni |
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Eriophyidae |
Rust Mites |
Amblyseius andersoni |
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Lepidoptera |
Caterpillar |
Trichogramma brassicae Bacillus thuringiensis |
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Myzus persicae
Aphis gossypii |
Peach-Potato Aphid
Melon-Cotton Aphid |
Aphidius colemani Aphidoletes aphidimyza Adalia bipunctata Chrysoperla carnea |
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Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Aulacorthum solani |
Potato Aphid
Glasshouse-potato Aphid or Foxglove Aphid |
Aphidius ervi
Aphelinus abdominalis
Aphidoletes aphidimyza
Adalia bipunctata
Chrysoperla carnea |
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Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Phytonemus pallidus |
Broad Mite
Cyclamen Mite |
Amblyseius cucumeris |
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Pseudococcus affinis
Pseudococcus longispinus |
Vine Mealybug
Long Tailed Mealybug |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Chrysoperla carnea |
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Planococcus citri |
Citrus Mealybug |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Leptomastix dactylopii
Anagyrus pseudococci
Chrysoperla carnea |
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Bradysia paupera |
Fungus Gnat or Sciarid Fly |
Hypoaspis miles
Atheta coriaria
Steinernema feltiae |
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Scatella spp |
Shore Fly |
Atheta coriaria |
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Otiorhynchus sulcatus |
Vine Weevil |
Steinernema kraussei |
1 Hypoaspis miles will contribute to thrips control when used as part of a programme with other thrips control agents. It will not give adequate levels of control of this pest when used alone.