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Productname: TSS |
Thripobius semiluteus |
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Thrips |
| Origin | : | Cosmopolitan |
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| Biology |
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| Thripobius lays it egg inside all immature stages of the thrips, except the pupal stage. Developmetal-time from egg to adult takes appx. 3 weeks. Optimal relative humidity is: 50-60%. Females lay about 15-20 eggs. They emerge all as females and reproduce parthenogenetically. They also kill thrips by host-feeding (stinging and drinking their body-fluid). |
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| The use of TSS can be combined with that of : FMT,FVT,OAW,ACR,ARR |
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| Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis |
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| Thripobius adult beside two pupae |
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| Black pupae of TSS |