Bottle containing 1,000 green lacewing larvae

Green Lacewings - Natural Aphid & Pest Control

Name: Green Lacewings - Natural Aphid & Pest Control
Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)

$25.00

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Green lacewings for natural pest control - aphids, spider mites and more.

Description

Green lacewings are generalist predators that attack many plant pests. They help control aphids, thrips, spider mites, whitefly, mealybugs, scale, leafhoppers, caterpillars and most soft-bodied insects, making them a grower favorite. Lacewing larvae can devour over 200 pests a week during their 2-3 week life stage.

Green lacewing larvae are alligator shaped, often referred to as 'aphid lions'. Because of their nocturnal behavior, they are hard to detect in the crop. Lacewing larvae are tiny upon emerging from the egg, but grow to 3/8 of an inch long.Green lacewing adults feed only on pollen and nectar only.

We offer both Chrysoperla rufilabris and Chrysoperla carnea. They differ in habitat preferences. Carnea are versatile, living in a wide range of habitats, but thriving in dry/hot field conditions and rufilabris preferring warm/humid environments like greenhouse and orchards. Carnea are only offered in 1k larvae, all other lacewings are rufilabris.

Of all available commercial predators, lacewings are the most voracious and have the greatest versatility for pests in greenhouses, field crops and landscapes, making them a top choice as a biological control agent. Use lacewing eggs for an affordable biocontrol option, lacewing larvae for immediate pest infestations and adults for establishing a population in a greenhouse or conservatory setting as part of an organic IPM plan.

Application Rates

Larvae

1-5 larvae/sq. ft. weekly or as needed.

Adults

0.25/sq. ft.

Eggs

5-25/sq. ft.

Release Instructions

Eggs on cards

Carefully tear or cut the segments along the perforations
Hang cards throughout the crop, protected from sunlight if possible
Eggs will turn from green to gray before hatching
Control ants as they will feed on the eggs

Loose eggs in rice hulls

Eggs may be hatching upon arrival, but if not, hold for a few days and watch for larvae. During summer months larvae will emerge sooner.
Rotate the bottle gently upon arrival to distribute the eggs evenly.
To release, sprinkle the contents of the container over the targeted plants, but go slowly to ensure they don't all go in one spot.
Misting foliage before release may help the eggs to stick.

Larvae in rice hulls or hexcel

Always release larvae the same day as arrival.
Sprinkle larvae over the target area onto the foliage.
For the hexcel, pre-fed larvae are still developing inside the individual cells. Peel back one side of the material an inch at a time and tap the larvae onto the target area. Next peel off the back side and keep in the crop for the remaining larvae to crawl out.
Do not cold store the larvae.
See all release instructions here.

If release is not possible upon receipt, because of weather conditions for example, the eggs can be stored at no lower than 50°F for up to 48 hours. To minimize egg mortality, humidity should be approximately 75%. Warmer temperatures will speed up larval emergence, do not store in the heat. Lacewing larvae are versatile predators and an important part of many IPM programs. Shipped fresh and quality guaranteed.

Green Lacewing Tech Sheet pdf

Orders for Green Lacewings must be received by noon on Friday for shipment the following week. Larva hex cells orders must be in by 10am on Thursday. If the deadline is past, please call us and we will help you find a solution ASAP. (360) 656-6680

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6 total reviews

5 stars: 4 (67%)
4 stars: 1 (17%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 1 (17%)

These little killing machines are amazing! I grow in my tent, and these guys help to keep the awful mites and scale away. I use them in a great rotation of beneficials and these are an important staple!

So far so good. But I will need to do another application. I got 1000 Green Lace Wing larvae for four houseplants with scale and mealy bugs. Because I have to drive kinda far to pick up, I contacted the company who adjusted the shipping schedule and assured me the lace wings are hearty in shipping. Picked them up 1 day after delivery. Opened the container and put them right into my house plants as soon as I got home. They were visible crawling around the leaves almost immediately and one month later I still have the little ones plus some mature ones walking around the plant leaves. They really have eaten up probably 80% of hard bodied scale on one plant! Definitive decrease in scale over the month. The mealy bug plants will need another application as I see new mealy bugs on one plant which was quite infected. I’m not certain if these larvae are meant for spider mites too, but I’m pretty sure one of my little succulents has benefited from the lace wings being around too because I do t see any signs of spider mites on that little plant anymore. Will do another application soon.

Still have some peppers so I think its working. I now know what to do next year at the beginning of the heat in June. Thank you.

Not blaming Sound Horticulture but when they arrived, I immediately checked under a microscope for activity. I found 2 living larva in what should have been 1000. Released the package the same as always and only found one maturing larva 2 days later. I have searched the greenhouse and can not find a single other living larva. And yes, I know what the eggs look like and there were non unhatched in the container. I have been using beneficial insects commercially since 1993. My guess is they were delayed from the supplier and ended up cannibalizing each other in transit. All of the other products I received were fine.

I wish I would have known about Sound Horticulture when I first started buying beneficial insects. Maybe it's because I'm close to the shipping location but I've been able to find more live larvae in the packaging than what I find with other providers.

introduced them and 2 days later there were no aphids at all in the greenhouse