Sweet Potato Whitefly Beetle Delphastus catalinae

These tiny generalist ladybird beetles are voracious consumers of many pests including aphids, scale, thrips and especially whitefly.

Preferred food: Greenhouse whitefly, outdoor sweet potato whitefly and other soft-bodied insect pests.

Shipment, biology and release: Delphastus are shipped as adults, which eat several hundred whitefly daily. Adult females live for approx. 1 month and lay 3-4 eggs/day. Use Delphastus along with Encarsia and Green Lacewing.

Release rate: 100/1,500 sq. ft.

Availability: year-round

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