TARGET |
Situation |
BENEFICIAL LATIN NAME |
COMMON NAME |
ants |
fire ant, |
Heterorhabditis indica
Bulletin |
nematodes |
ants |
drench ant mounds, or spray area |
Auntie Fuego Soil Conditioner |
compost tea, molasses, humic acid, orange oil |
ants |
ants working trees with aphids, scale, mealybug, or coming in house |
boric acid bait |
boric acid, with sugar and water |
ants |
ant, cockroach, cricket, mole cricket, silverfish |
NIBAN |
granular bait with boric acid for structural use |
ants |
on env. surfaces not plants |
Orange Oil |
kills, repels insects |
ants |
insects, ant, cockroach, flea on animals, in kitchens |
Orange Guard |
a food grade insecticide made from oil from orange peels |
ants |
ant, cockroach ready to use bait for inside structures |
various products, or make your own |
boric acid bait with trays to contain bait
bait stations |
ants |
for in and around structures |
RoachX , Magnetic Roach Food |
boric acid paste bait with trays to contain bait |
ants |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
aphid |
low pest density, to keep down, potato, GH potato, pea, green peach (preference order) |
Aphidius ervi
Bulletin |
aphid parasite - wasp |
aphid; Melon, cotton |
low pest density, melon/cotton aphid, green peach aphid |
Aphidius colemani
Bulletin |
aphid parasite - wasp |
aphids |
high density, scattered patches, GH, colonizes outdoors |
Aphidoletes aphidimyza
Bulletin |
aphid predator - midge |
aphids |
long term control, esp. GH, interiors, colonizes |
Coleomegilla maculata
Bulletin |
twelve-spotted lady beetle, pink lady beetle |
aphids |
with mealybug |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Bulletin |
mealybug predator, crypts |
aphids |
high density, short term control |
Hippodamia convergens
Bulletin |
ladybug beetles |
aphids |
moderate populations |
compost tea, apply foliar |
Microbe Brewer, Ceres |
aphids |
high populations |
neem products |
Neem oil, Neemix |
aphids |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
aphids |
high populations |
soap |
Safers, Dr. Bronners |
aphids |
high populations |
Beauvaria bassiana, insect pathogen |
Naturalis O, H&G, etc, |
aphids |
adult alates, determine populations |
yellow sticky cards |
. |
aphids |
attracting early season, holding |
Insect Food |
feeding attractant |
aphids on tomato, may damage plants |
low populations in GH tomatoes, flowers |
Dicyphus hesperus
Bulletin |
predatory bug |
aphids, especially peach, GH potato |
esp. peach, GH potato |
Aphelinus abdominalis
Bulletin |
parasitic wasp |
aphids, Green peach aphid |
low pest density, green peach aphid |
Aphidius matricariae
Bulletin |
aphid parasite - wasp |
apple maggot, see fruit fly |
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. |
. |
armyworm, see moth |
. |
. |
. |
asparagus beetle, see beetle |
. |
. |
. |
beetle, billbug |
billbug grubs in soil |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
beetle, boll weevil |
. |
Catolaccus grandus |
parasitic wasp |
beetle, chafer |
in soil under plants |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
beetle, Mexican bean beetle larvae |
MBB larva present |
Pediobius foveolatus
Bulletin |
Pedio wasp |
beetle, pepper weevil, larval parasite |
pepper weevil larva present |
Catalaccus hunteri |
parasitic wasp |
beetles |
grubs (larva) in soil or on leaf surfaces that can be kept moist |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, also H.i., H.mar, H.meg.
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
beetles |
warm soil |
Heterorhabditis indica, Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
beetles |
cool soil |
Heterorhabditis marelatus, Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
beetles |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
neem oil |
oil from nut of neem tree, antifeedant |
beetles |
high populations, feeding on leaves or fruit |
neem products |
neem oil |
beetles |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
Hot Pepper Wax |
hot pepper extract, with essential oils, wax |
beetles |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
Garlic Barrier |
garlic juice |
beetles, eggs of: asparagus, Mexican bean, CO potato beetle |
eggs available on leaves |
Coleomegilla maculata
Bulletin |
twelve-spotted lady beetle, pink lady beetle |
billbug, see beetle |
. |
. |
. |
black vine weevil, see weevil |
. |
. |
. |
butterfly |
East coast trees and bogs |
Trichogramma minutum
Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
butterfly |
European cabbage butterfly |
Trichogramma brassicae Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
butterfly |
orchards West of Rockies |
Trichogramma platneri Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
butterfly |
row crops, vineyards |
Trichogramma pretiosum Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
butterfly, larvae |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
neem oil |
oil from nut of neem tree, antifeedant |
butterfly, larvae |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
Hot Pepper Wax |
hot pepper extract, with essential oils, wax |
butterfly, larvae |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
Garlic Barrier |
garlic juice |
butterfly, larvae |
feeding on leaves or fruit |
Naturalis |
insect pathogen |
cabbage worm, see moth |
. |
. |
. |
catapillar, see moth |
. |
. |
. |
chafer, see beetle |
. |
. |
. |
cockroach |
Eggs, certain species |
Aprostocetus hagenowii, Anastatus tenuipes, Comperia merceti |
parasitic wasps
Bulletin |
cockroach |
adults, nymphs |
boric acid baits |
Magnetic Roach Food, Roachx, Niban, Dr. Moss liquid bait system |
cockroach |
adults, nymphs |
Orange Guard |
. |
cockroach |
determine population |
sticky traps |
. |
dear fly, see biting fly |
. |
. |
. |
disease, root pathogens antagonist for |
plants lack vigor, have diseased roots |
Entrephospora columbiana, Glomus etunicatum, Glomus clarum, Pisolithus tinctorius mix |
endomycorrhizal, ectomycorrhizal fungi spores |
fleas |
on animals |
Orange Guard |
a food grade insecticide made from oil from orange peels |
fleas |
on animals |
Bug Arrest |
mixture of enzymes that dissolve insects |
fleas |
on carpet |
boric acid |
. |
fleas, nymphs, also caterpillars, mole cricket |
in soil where animals rest, sleep |
Steinernema carpocapse
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
flies; filth breeding, house fly |
pupae (and maggots) in manure or wet animal feed |
Muscidifurax zaraptor, Muscidifurax raptorellus, Muscidifurax uniraptor and Spalangia camaroni mix |
fly parasitoid wasp
Bulletin |
flies; filth breeding, house fly |
maggots in manure or wet animal feed |
Steinernema feltiae
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
flies; filth breeding, house fly |
adults |
Sagebrush, Farnam, Troy Final Flight fly traps |
fly traps |
flies; filth breeding, house fly |
fly eggs, small larvae in manure pits |
Carcinops pumilio
Bulletin |
hister beetle, Adult |
flies; filth breeding, house fly |
attracted to rotting material |
odor control materials |
BioWorld, Odor Ace |
fly biting |
pasture areas with adults |
Epps biting fly trap |
. |
fly eggs |
manure pits |
Carcinops pumilio
Bulletin |
predatory beetle |
fly, pasture |
pasture |
Onthophagus spp.
mixture of several species, primarily O. gazella, O. taurus with up to 10 other species
|
dung beetle |
fly; fungus, shore, fruit |
maggots (larva) in soil |
Steinernema feltiae
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
fruit fly |
maggots (larva) in soil |
Steinernema feltiae
Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
fruit fly |
adults, determine populations |
yellow sticky cards |
. |
fungus gnat |
maggots (larva) in soil |
Steinernema feltiae |
parasitic nematode |
fungus gnat |
adults, determine populations |
yellow sticky cards |
. |
fungus gnat, WF Thrips |
maggots (larva) in soil |
Hypoaspis miles
Bulletin |
predatory mites |
grasshopper |
low populations early season |
Nolo bait |
insect pathogen |
grasshopper |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
green fly see aphid |
. |
. |
. |
horse fly, see fly, biting |
. |
. |
. |
house fly, see fly |
. |
. |
. |
insect eggs |
pest eggs on or near leaf surface |
Chrysoperla carnea or C. rufilabris eggs, larvae, adult Bulletin |
lacewing eggs, larvae, adult |
insects - general predator, hobby, education use |
predator that looks cool, eats beneficials too |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Bulletin |
praying mantis, Chinese mantid |
insects, general |
monitoring |
D-VAC Vacuum Insect Net |
. |
insects, pest, beneficial |
monitoring |
D-Vac insect vacuum |
. |
insects, pest, beneficial |
monitoring |
sticky traps |
sticky traps indoor |
insects, pest, beneficial |
monitoring |
traps |
fly traps
yellow jacket traps
|
insects, soft-bodied insects |
insects present on leaves |
Chrysoperla carnea or C. rufilabris eggs, larvae, adult Bulletin |
lacewing eggs, larvae, adult |
insects, soft-bodied insects |
insects present on leaves |
Hippodamia convergens
Bulletin |
ladybug beetles |
insects, soft-bodied insects |
insects present on leaves |
Orius insidiosus
Bulletin |
Minute Pirate Bugs |
insects, soft-bodied insects, mites & eggs |
insects present on leaves |
Chrysoperla carnea or C. rufilabris eggs, larvae, adult Bulletin |
lacewing eggs, larvae, adult |
lacebug |
. |
Hot Pepper Wax |
. |
lacebug, also see aphid |
. |
lacewing Bulletin |
. |
leafhopper |
nymphs present |
Geocoris punctipes
Bulletin |
Big Eyed Bug |
leafhopper |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
leafhopper |
determine populations |
yellow or blue sticky cards |
. |
leafloopers, see moth, caterpillar |
. |
. |
. |
leafminer |
3rd instar larvae present in leaves, cooler temp |
Dacnusa sibirica Bulletin |
leafminer parasite - wasp |
leafminer |
3rd instar larvae present in leaves, hot areas |
Diglyphus isea Bulletin |
leafminer parasite - wasp |
leafminer |
high populations |
neem products |
BioNeem, Neemix |
leafminer |
determine populations |
yellow or blue sticky cards |
. |
leafroller, see moth caterpillar |
. |
. |
. |
lice |
on animals |
Bug Arrest |
enzyme mix |
lygus bug |
eggs present |
Anaphes iole Bulletin |
lygus bug egg parasite - wasp |
Lygus, mites, bollworm, leafhopper, armyworm, aphids, tobacco budworm, cabbage looper |
eggs or nymphs present |
Geocoris punctipes
Bulletin |
Big Eyed Bug |
mealybug vine and citrus |
vine or citrus, adults preferred |
Anagyrus pseudococci Bulletin |
parasitic wasp |
mealybug, citrus mealybug |
vine, citrus, comstock mealybug, 2nd, 3rd instars present |
Leptomastidea abnormis Bulletin |
citrus mealybug parasite |
mealybug, citrus mealybug |
citrus mealybug, 3rd instar and adult present |
Leptomastix dactylopii
Bulletin |
citrus mealybug parasite |
mealybugs |
. |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Bulletin |
mealybug predator, crypts |
mite, thrips |
. |
Ambyseius degenerans Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mite, persea mite (avocados) |
active mites check webbing |
Galandromus helveolus/annectens mix Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mite, persea mite |
active mites check webbing |
Neosieulus californicus Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mite, persea mite (avocados) |
active mites check webbing |
Galandromus helveolus/Neosieulus californicus Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites |
mixed pests, high concentrations |
Chrysoperla carnea or C. rufilabris eggs, larvae, adult Bulletin |
Lacewing eggs, larvae, adult |
mites |
mixed pests, high concentrations |
Coleomegilla maculata Bulletin |
twelve-spotted lady beetle, pink lady beetle |
mites |
hot dry >80ºF, <50% RH |
Galandromus occidentalis Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites |
mites and thrips |
Geocoris punctipes Bulletin |
Big Eyed Bug |
mites |
grapes, field crops, hot weather |
Scolothrips sexmaculatus Bulletin |
Predatory six-spotted thrips |
mites |
high populations |
neem products |
neem oil |
mites |
high populations |
Hot Pepper Wax |
. |
mites |
on animals |
Bug Arrest |
enzyme mix |
mites and thrips |
mites and thrips |
Amblyseius degenerans Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites, lower densities |
low density of pest mites, hotter, dryer than persimilis, interiorscapes |
Neoseiulus californicus Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites, persea mite |
persea mite on avocado |
Neoseiulus californicus Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites, spider mites |
cool temperatures 50-70ºF |
Amblyseius fallacis Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites, spidermite on tomato, may damage plants |
greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse flowers |
Dicyphus hesperus Bulletin |
predatory bug |
mites, spidermites (humid areas) |
hot humid >80ºF, >70% RH |
Phytoseiulus macropilis Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites, TSSM |
moderate cond 60-80ºF, >60% RH |
Phytoseiulus persimilis Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites: cyclamen, broad |
mites and thrips, GH, field flowers, vegies |
Amblyseius cucumeris Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mites; spidermites |
hotter, dryer than persimilis, interiorscapes |
Mesoseiulus longipes (=Phytoseiulus longipes) Bulletin |
predatory mite |
mole cricket |
in soil |
Steinernema carpocapse Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
mosquito |
larva in water |
Mosquito Dunks, Vectobac |
Bti |
mosquito |
adults |
bat houses |
. |
mosquito |
adults, repelling |
insect repellent |
. |
mosquito |
adults, trapping |
EPAR, Dragonfly |
heat, CO2, attracts |
moth, adult |
night flying adult |
bat houses |
. |
moth, caterpillar |
high populations |
neem products |
neem oil |
moth, caterpillar |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
moth, caterpillar (eggs, small larvae) |
mixed pests |
Coleomegilla maculata Bulletin |
twelve-spotted lady beetle, pink lady beetle |
moth, caterpillar, bollworm, armyworm, tobacco budworm, cabbage looper |
mixed pests |
Geocoris punctipes Bulletin |
Big Eyed Bug |
moth, caterpillar, cabbage looper, wide range of 1st instar loopers |
1st instar loopers present |
Cotesia marginiventris Bulletin |
cotesia |
moth, caterpillar, diamondback moth |
diamondback moth |
Cotesia plutellae |
diamondback parasite |
moth, caterpillar, navel orange worm, pink bollworm, codling moth, other moths |
moth larvae present |
Pentalitomastix plethoricus Bulletin |
Navel Orange Worm Parasite |
moth, caterpillars |
in soil or on field boxes, trunks |
Steinernema carpocapse Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
moth, caterpillars |
young moth larvae present |
Bacillis thuringiensis kurstaki strain, natural |
Troy BT-2WP, Condor WP |
moth, caterpillars on cotton, corn, tomato |
moth larvae present, H. zea, H. virescens |
nuclear polyhedrosis virus |
Gemstar LC |
moth, caterpillars, beet armyworm |
moth larvae present, |
nuclear polyhedrosis virus |
Spod-X |
moth, caterpillars, beetle grubs |
moth larvae present |
Podisus maculiventris Bulletin |
spined soldier bug |
moth, caterpillars, moth larvae |
moth larvae present |
Bracon hebetor |
parasitic wasp |
moth, codling |
moth eggs present |
granulo virus |
Virosoft CP4 |
moth, loopers on tomato |
moth larvae present |
Dicyphus hesperus Bulletin |
predatory bug |
moth, navel orangeworm |
moth larvae present |
Goniozus legneri wasps Bulletin |
NOW parasite, Goniozus |
moth; East coast trees and bogs |
moth eggs present, adults flying |
Trichogramma minutum Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
moth; European cabbage butterfly |
moth eggs present, adults flying |
Trichogramma brassicae Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
moth; orchards West of Rockies |
moth eggs present, adults flying |
Trichogramma platneri Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
moth; Row crops, vineyards |
moth eggs present, adults flying |
Trichogramma pretiosum Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
moth; Smaller moth eggs |
moth eggs present, adults flying, small moths |
Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Bulletin |
lepodopteran egg parasite |
nematode, plant feeding |
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Nemata, with chitin |
Bacillus chitinosporus |
plant louse, see aphid |
. |
. |
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roaches, see cockroach |
. |
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sawfly, rose slug |
larva, slug |
Heterorhabditis spp. Bulletin |
nematode |
scale |
crawlers present |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Bulletin |
mealybug predator, crypts |
scale |
crawlers present |
Hippodamia convergens Bulletin |
ladybug beetles |
scale |
any scale, esp hard scale |
Rhizobius (=Lindorus) lopanthae beetles Bulletin |
scale predator |
scale, Black scale |
Black scale |
Metaphycus helvolus Bulletin |
black scale predator |
scale, red scale |
red scale |
Aphytis melinus Bulletin |
red scale parasite - wasp |
shore fly |
in soil or algae film |
Steinernema feltiae Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
silverfish |
determine populations |
sticky traps |
. |
silverfish |
adults, nymphs |
Niban |
boric acid bait |
slugs |
adults |
Sluggo bait |
Iron phosphate, active ingredient |
slugs |
exclude from area or bed |
Snail Barr copper strips |
copper |
snail; brown garden snail |
snail young or eggs present |
Rumina decollata Bulletin |
Decollate snails |
snail; brown garden snail |
adults |
Sluggo bait |
Iron phosphate, active ingredient |
snail; brown garden snail |
exclude from area or bed |
Snail Barr copper strips |
copper |
spider |
. |
indicator of good biocontrol please dont kill |
biocontrol in China with spiders http://www.solutions-site.org/cat11_sol29.htm |
spider mite; 2-spotted |
GH or row crops, strawberry |
Feltiella acarisuga Bulletin |
mite predator - midge |
spider, black widow |
. |
conserve, protect long legged spiders, daddy longlegs |
they take food from black widows web and eventually dominate |
spidermite |
. |
Mesoseiulus longipes Bulletin |
predatory mite |
spidermite |
. |
Neoseiulus californicus Bulletin |
californicus, predatory mite |
spidermite |
lower temperatures >50ºF |
Amblseius fallacis Bulletin |
field mite |
Spidermites |
higher concentrations |
Stethorus punctillum Bulletin |
spider mite destroyer |
Spidermites |
high concentrations |
Garlic Barrier |
repellent, use with hot pepper |
termites |
in wood, inject into tunnels |
Bio-Blast |
Metarhizium anisopliae, insect pathogen |
termites |
subterranean perimeter, inject into tunnels |
Termite Killer, nematode |
Steinernema carpocapse, strain T-14 |
thrips |
pupae in soil |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
thrips, mites |
on leaves, flowers |
Amblyseius degenerans Bulletin |
predatory mite |
thrips |
on leaves, flowers |
Orius insidiosus Bulletin |
Minute Pirate Bugs |
thrips |
determine populations |
blue sticky traps |
. |
thrips |
high populations |
Garlic Barrier |
. |
thrips |
high populations |
neem products |
neem oil |
thrips on tomato, may damage plants |
mixed pests |
Dicyphus hesperus Bulletin |
predatory bug |
thrips, scirtothrips pest on avocado |
scirtothrips pest on avocado |
Franklinothrips vespiformis |
Scirtothrips Predator,
vespiform thrips
|
thrips, Western flower and onion |
Western flower and onion |
Amblyseius cucumeris Bulletin |
predatory mite |
ticks |
on animals |
Bug Arrest |
enzyme mix |
weevils |
in soil |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Bulletin |
parasitic nematode |
weevils, see beetles |
. |
. |
. |
western flower thrips, WFT |
on leaves, flowers |
Hypoaspis miles Bulletin |
predatory mites |
whitefly |
high concentrations |
Delphastus pusillus Bulletin |
whitefly predator |
whitefly |
high concentrations |
Beauvaria bassiana, fungal pathogen |
Naturalis, Botanigard, Mycotech, |
whitefly |
high population |
Garlic Barrier |
garlic extract |
whitefly |
high population |
neem products |
neem oil, Neemix |
whitefly |
moderate populations |
compost tea, apply foliar |
Microbe Brewer, Ceres |
whitefly |
determine population |
yellow sticky traps |
|
whitefly on tomato, may damage plants |
mixed pests |
Dicyphus hesperus Bulletin |
predatory bug |
whitefly; Greenhouse WF |
Greenhouse WF, lesser extent silverleaf |
Encarsia formosa Bulletin |
Encarsia |
whitefly; Silverleaf, sweet potato WF |
Silverleaf, sweet potato WF, lesser extent GH |
Eretmocerus californicus Bulletin |
whitefly parasitic wasp |
worms see moth, caterpillar |
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yellow jacket |
adults |
Sagebrush trap |
bait with meat scraps |