Supplementary Feeding for Biological Control: A Complete Guide
July 24, 2024
follows: Nutari : apply at least 1,000 mites per m2, per release weekly or bi-weekly. Nutemia : apply at least 1,000 mites per m2, per release weekly or bi-weekly [...] (feeder mite) and Artemia spp. (brine shrimp cyst) This supplementary food source is primarily used to raise levels of predatory mites such as Swirski-Mite [...] predatory mite eggs killed by thrips. Single predatory mites will eat less thrips when Artemia is present. However, at the same time the predatory mite population