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Hypoaspis miles

  • Plastic container-125 000 individuals;
  • Hypoaspis miles is a soil-dwelling predatory mite.

    Used to control:

    ✅ Western flower thrips (Franklinella occidentalis);

    ✅ Tomato thrips (Frankliniella schultzei);

    ✅ American Echinothrips (Echinothrips americanus);

    ✅ Tobacco thrips (Thrips tabaci);

    ✅ Mushroom mosquitoes (Lycoriella ingenua and Bradysia paupera);

    ✅ Shore flies (Scatella tenuicosta);

    ✅ Parasitic snail mite (Riccardoella limacum);

    ✅ Parasitic mites of ants (Petalomium spp);

    ✅ Springtail or springtail (Collembola).

    Culture:

    ✅ Vegetable, flower-decorative, fruit and berry crops, mushroom production, snail production, beekeeping, poultry farms, ant farms.

    Package:

    ✅ Plastic container 5 L-125 000 individuals

  • Appearance

    The body of the tick is oval with a well-sclerotized surface, about 0.8-1 mm long. The adults are brownish in color. Dorsal shield of female 0.52-0.65 mm long, 0.35-0.4 mm wide; male size, 0.51 by 0.33 mm. The fertility of females reaches 100-200 eggs. At 25°C, the daily laying rate is about 2.3 eggs, with an increase or decrease in temperature, this figure is significantly reduced. The optimum temperature range is from 15 to 30°. Prefers a moist environment, but does not withstand flooding.


    Effect of the temperature on development
    Temperature °С egg larva nymphs From egg to female
    15 11,9 3,1 18,6 33,7
    20 5,9 1,9 9,7 17,5
    24 4,0 1,0 9,7 11,4
    28 3,1 1,0 5,5 9,2
  • Recommendations on applying
    Latin name of the bioagent prophylaxis Doses by degree of infection
    small average high
    Hypoaspis miles 50 ind/m2 100-200 ind/m2 300 ind/m2
    Frequency of application At the beginning of cultural turnover

     

  • Storage and transportation conditions
    • Short-term storage: the accumulated biomaterial (adults and nymphs of a predatory mite) can be stored for no more than one day after receiving at low temperatures (8-12 °C) in a refrigerator.
      Packaging BioProtection
      • Plastic container – contains 50,000 predatory mites and a small amount of nutrients mixed with bran.;