• Protected vegetables

  Predatory mites prey on spider mites and other mites , thrips , whitefly and eggs of moths. Beneficial nematodes control soil-dwelling pests like beetle larvae

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  relatively short and barely exceed half the body length. The aphids overwinter as eggs on buckthorn. After emerging in spring, the aphids mainly feed on the underside [...] females are produced, which return to the primary host buckthorn where they lay eggs for overwintering.

• Crane flies

  spindly legs and one pair of narrow, clear wings with clearly visible veins. Eggs are black in colour, oval, 1mm long and deposited on the soil surface. Larvae [...] emerge from the soil in late summer to fall, and females mate and lay 200-300 eggs. Larvae emerge within one week and then feed on roots and crowns of grasses

• Chrysoperla carnea

  observing its distinct physical characteristics at each stage: Egg stage: Green lacewing eggs are small, oval-shaped, and usually laid individually or in [...] larvae can resort to cannibalism, with the older larvae eating the younger. Eggs are often ignored because they stand on stalks. Adults make no contribution [...] long and 4 mm thick. The inner more closely spun cocoon is off-white and egg-shaped, about 3 mm long and 2.5 mm thick. The space between the inner and

• Koppert One

  mortality or hindered development from eggs or pupae, as well as indirect effects such as reduced fertility (egg laying), problems with regard to moulting

• Whitefly

  distinct developmental stages: the egg, first, second, third and fourth larval instars, and an adult insect. The eggs are elliptical and often deposited [...] by parasitizing larvae and host feeding. Predatory mites and bugs feed on eggs and larvae of whiteflies. Beneficial fungi are very effective for whitefly [...] whiteflies are mostly found on the underside of young leaves where they lay their eggs. If the plant is shaken, the adults fly up, and then return to the undersides

• Encarsia formosa

  greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ). The female wasp lays her eggs inside the whitefly nymphs, which are then consumed from the inside out by [...] Encarsia formosa The development of E. formosa consists of six stages: the egg, three larval instars, a pupal instar, and the adult wasp. All these stages [...] inside the host (i.e. larval and pupal whiteflies). The female can deposit her egg in any larval stage of whitefly , but preferably selects the third and young

• Onion thrips

  (Thrips tabaci) develops in six stages: egg, two larval instars, prepupa, pupa, and finally the adult insect. The eggs of the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)

• Amblyseius andersoni

  s ) per day and lays 2.3 eggs per day. Life cycle of Amblyseius andersoni Mobile stages are beige, droplet-shaped mites. Eggs are oblong and transparent [...] The life cycle of Amblyseius andersoni consists of egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. Eggs are laid on the underside of leaves, often in the [...] 0.14 mm in diameter. The larvae have six legs, are the same colour as the eggs, and are only slightly larger. The larvae of Amblyseius andersoni are facultative

• Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles)

  rear end of the body. The eggs, larvae, and first nymphal instars are white, with nymphs becoming light brown as they age. The eggs are white, oval, and a [...] life cycle as the Phytoseiidae and thus passes through the following stages: egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged protonymph and deutonymph, and adult. Str