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Productname: AFS |
Anagyrus fusciventris |
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Mealybugs |
| Origin | : | Australia |
| Habitus |
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| The females of Anagyrus fusciventris are 2-3 mm. in size and grey-brown. They look like A. pseudococci, but have almost totally dark antenna's and there eyes are green-blue. The males are black. |
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| A. fusciventris paratises the older stadia of Longispinus mealybugs. After about 3 weeks, the development in the swollen mealybug is completes and the adult emerges. They are host-feeding (= sucking juices out of them) on the younger mealybugs. |
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| They can be used against Longispinus mealybugs at temperatures above 18 °C. and tolerate all kinds of humidity. |
| The use of AFS can be combined with that of : CML,ACS,APS,GLS,HPS,NIL |
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| Pseudococcus longispinus |
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| Anagyrus fusciventris tests longispinus mealybug |