Dacnusa-System
Dacnusa sibirica: efficient parasitic wasp against leaf miners
What is Dacnusa sibirica?
- Parasitic wasp
- Efficient beneficial against leaf miners
- Adults are dark brown to black in colour, 2 to 3mm in size, have long antennae and wings that exceed the length of their abdomen
What are the benefits of Dacnusa sibirica?
- Excellent prey searching capacity
- Dacnusa sibirica can distinguish non-parasitized from parasitized leaf miner larvae
- Parasitizes leaf miners effectively, even at low prey density
- Offers good control, even in colder weather conditions
- Can be introduced in early spring
How does it control pests?
- Adult females lay their eggs in the leaf miner larvae, allowing the parasitic wasp to develop safely
- They lay their eggs in non-parasitic larvae, making them even more efficient
- Dacnusa sibirica has a preference for the first and second development stages of the leaf miner larvae
- The larva of the parasitic wasp goes through the different development stages inside the host
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