Cryptoline m

Mealy bug

Product guide

Product description

A 30ml vial or a 1 litre tube containing 25 or 1000 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri adults with a feeding strip. Cryptoleamus adults and larvae are predators of Mealy Bugs (Pseudococcus sp.). Mealy bugs are important pests of indoor plants, many ICM crops and in organic salad crop production.

Predatory Beetle for Mealy Bug control

Feeder strip in vial to maintain vigour
Vented cap to avoid condensation
Recognisable adults and larvae

Used for

Pest	Crops
Mealy Bugs	Ornamental pot plants
	Pepper
	Tomato

General Information

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri is a Coccinellid predator, which is used widely in Southern Europe where it is naturally endemic, for the control of Mealy Bug pests on citrus and other tree crops. In Northern Europe it has been used commonly for release onto indoor ornamental plants as a population regulator for Mealy Bugs. The large white cottony larvae of Cryptolaemus should not be confused with its host, which also has hairs and a creamy white colour.

Instructions for use

Open the vial in the vicinity of the Mealy Bug colonies
Release 2-3 adults directly onto terminal leaves with colonies and spread the insects around the area to be treated
Cryptoleamus establishment can be improved by preventing dispersal of insects off the plants