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Productname: ECS |
Encarsia citrina |
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Hard-Scales |
| Origin | : | Cosmopolite |
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| Adult ECS parasitoids are very small (0.5-1.0 mm.). There wings have relative long setae at the edges. There color is yellow-brown. |
| Biology |
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| Encarsia citrina paratises al kinds of hard-scales as: Abgralaspis cyanophylli, Aspidiotus- Chrysomphalus-, Diaspis-species, Pinnaspis aspidistrae, Pseudalacaspis cockerelli and Hemiberlesia Their developmental time is 3-4 weeks. They can lay up to 80 eggs in two week. Paratised scales become darker or have a small hole when the Encarsia has emerged. |
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| ECS are packed as adults in a small cup. They can be used at temperatures between 18-30 oC. |
| The use of ECS can be combined with that of : AXS,KSS,DSS,CCL,LLL,MHS |
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| Pseudalaucaspis cockerelli hard-scale |
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| Encarsia citrina adult |
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| Exit-hole of ECS in Pinnaspis scale |