Biobest Encarsia System

Prolific, powerful parasitic wasp that also host feeds

• Effective control of greenhouse and tobacco whiteflies - Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci
• Prefers greenhouse whitefly – targets both species but shows preference for Trialeurodes vaporariorum
• Highly efficacious - targets different pest larval stages through parasitism or host-feeding
• Fast population development – parasitoid population builds up quicker than pest
• Highly efficient – lay eggs in non-parasitised (controlled) older whitefly larvae
• Works at lower temperature – active from 18^°C.

How this highly efficient wasp operates

• Female wasps parasitise older larvae - will actively search for whitefly larvae and lay their eggs inside the larvae
• Wasp host feeds on young larvae – prefers second pest larval stage.