Please note:
We cannot ship live insects to PO Box addresses. All orders placed to a PO Box instead of a physical address will be delayed until an address is provided.
Aphid Predator (Aphidius colemani)
Aphidius colemani is a parasitic wasp. This polyphagous parasitoid attacks over 40 species of aphids. Ideally to be used preventatively when aphids are first observed in a crop. It may be used in conjunction with aphid predators to target aphid outbreaks in greenhouses, nurseries, interiorscapes and open field crops. Also effective with grass banker plant systems.
Target pests include: melon/cotton aphid (aphis gossypii), green peach aphid (Myzus persicae), tobacco aphid (Myzus nicotianae) and cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis).
The adults are small slender wasps with black, brown and yellow coloration, brown legs and long antennae. Aphidius colemani’s size depends on the size of the parasitized aphid, but is usually about 2 mm long.
Aphidius colemani’s activity is optimal between temperatures of 20-30°C. Below 15°C, the adult is inactive. An adult female parasitoid may perform several hundred oviposition attempts during its lifespan, out of which up to 200 eggs will be laid successfully.
PRODUCT
BioAphidius takes the form of mummies containing the parasitoid's pupa. Thus the product reaches its destination everywhere in the world while it is "fresh" with negligible mortality in shipping and with enhanced performance.
The commercial package contains 100/200/500 or 1,000 mummified aphids mixed in fine sawdust. At least 50% of the emerging adult are females.
APPLICATION
Ants may interfere with parasitic wasps, if present, treat the area before applying.
Do not sprinkle the mummies actively from the container.
Distribute by opening the bottle, allowing wasps to fly out in search of aphids. The bottle may also be emptied into D-boxes and hung in the plant canopy.
Keep the product at room temperature (not refrigerated!) until the emergence has started.
Do not expose to direct sunlight.
BioAphidius introduction rates are determined according to the nature of the crop and the rate of aphid infestation
Look out for golden brown mummies 1-2 weeks after release
SHIPPING
Orders can take 1 - 2 weeks to arrive to you. Beneficial Insects are reared to order. You can refer to our order and shipping deadlines to get a better idea of when your order will be ready HERE.
Please feel free to call or email us before placing your order if you have any questions.
All beneficial insects are shipped via an overnight carrier once the order is ready to leave the insectary.
BioAphidius is shipped in temperature controlled boxes which must be kept intact until reaching the end-user.
REFUNDS AND RETURNS
Please note that once you have made your purchase, we are unable to accept returns or process refunds for beneficial insects. The specific quantity and insect state you order are specially reared at the insectary so as to handle your particular pest pressure and arrive viable and ready to get to work!
STORAGE
Keep the product at room temperature (not refrigerated!)
RESOURCES
If you would like to speak to an expert to produce a tailor-made IPM program to meet your individual needs, please email us at orders@kisorganics.com or call us at (425) 558-0990.
Customer Reviews
United StatesExpensive dead bugs.
Maybe ten came out of the container(of 500). Never saw a single one after that. I have a small greenhouse . Been back and forth via email for three weeks. No resolution.
KIS Organics
We tried to resolve this with the customer, and highlighted the steps we would need to take to qualify for a credit. This was the last productive email exchange: You need to inspect the mummies for holes (the time to do an assay has passed unfortunately) OR if you can provide a "batch" number from your container I can double check with their quality analyst. It is our belief that the wasps most likely emerged while the package was not being observed. You would need to release them into a contained volume to actually know. Please let me know your batch number and we will reach out to their QC analyst. And this is the information we received from Biobee that was shared with the customer. Most of the time there is very little emergence during transit. Temperature of transit can change that, but the insectary takes this into consideration and the goal is to allow emergence to happen once the grower has received the product. It's a lot easier to put mummies out in the crop then it is to try to coax adult wasps to leave the bottle. Still, time of emergence can vary. Usually a few emerge first, then the majority and finally there are stragglers. No doubt the customer saw the early emergers because they are about the size of a gnat. The two are often confused when captured on yellow sticky cards. My understanding is that it can take days for the wasps to emerge. Again, this depends on the temperatures where they were held. I had one customer who would hold the mummies at room temperature and observe daily until he saw a significant number emerge and then he'd release. It's not wise to wait long because the females do most of their egg laying soon after emergence and begin to reabsorb their eggs if they can't lay them soon. If the customer held them in the bottle and left it without the cap, it is entirely possible that the wasps emerged and flew out into the crop without her noticing them. If she did replace the cap and looked at them daily and still saw no emergence, then there could be a problem. One way to be more certain is to have the customer return the potentially compromised product and inspect the mummies for exit holes. If the mummies are intact then the developing wasps will be dead inside of the pupa. If you see exit holes, then the wasps emerged when she was observing them.