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Carverae
Trichogramma carverae
Egg parasitoid of lightbrown apple moth and codling moth

 

Target Pests

Egg parasitoid of lightbrown apple moth, codling moth, oriental fruit moth and other species

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Crops suitable

Pheromone mating disruption treated deciduous fruits, and minimum sprayed grapes.

Description

Tiny wasps which lay their eggs into moth eggs.

The wasp larva develops into a fully formed wasp inside the moth egg.

So, a wasp emerges from a moth egg instead of a caterpillar.

Above: T. carverae parasitisng Maroga egg

How to use

Supplied in sheets of capsules each yielding 1,000+ wasps with 60 capsules per sheet.

Place capsules in a grid fashion through the crops when moths are laying eggs. The wasps emerge through samll holes in the capsule.

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LBAM adults

Release rates

 

 

 

 

 

Suppliers

Will vary greatly depending on the situation and aim of release - inoculative or inundative.

60 to 180 capsules per hectare depending on pest pressure.

Best to do 2 or more releases a week apart.

 

 

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Capsules placed in grapes

Other biocontrol agents commonly used with Aphidius:

 

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Detailed descriptions and instructions for use are provided in

The Good Bug Book - Second Edition Available from good bug suppliers

Or view or download a PDF file of the Book entry for Trichogramma.