Successfully controlling thrips

What is Orius-System?

• The voracious, oval predatory bug Orius laevigatus to control thrips
• Adults are brownish black with grey-white spots and have conspicuously red eyes
• The larvae are yellowish orange with orange-brown spots
• Has been successfully controlling thrips in Europe for twenty years

What are the advantages of Orius-System?

• Adult predatory bugs eat all mobile thrips stages
• Also eats aphids, whitefly and moth eggs
• The nymphs mainly devour thrips larvae
• Adults and nymphs can survive on pollen

How does pest control with Orius-System work?

• A nymph easily devours 50 thrips larvae
• An adult female kills up to 20 thrips nymphs

In which crops can you introduce Orius-System?

• Soft fruit such as strawberry
• Vegetable crops such as sweet pepper and eggplant
• Tree nursery

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