Both adult and juvenile Orius feed on all stages of Thrips including adults.

Orius can survive on aphids + spider mites + butterfly/moth eggs and pollen.

Target pests

• Thrips (including western flower thrips)

Advantages

• Orius kill more prey than they require for sustenance
• The adults kill up to 20 thrips per day and live for 3-4 weeks
• Adult and juvenile Orius feed on all stages of thrips, including the adults
• They feed on a range of other pests including aphids, mites, whiteflies and moth eggs Orius are suitable for preventative release in pollen-bearing crops and crops containing flowering banker plants

Suitable crop environments

• Orius are well suited to crops where pollen is naturally abundant (e.g. capsicums, eggplant, strawberries and raspberries).
• In crops that do not produce adequate pollen (e.g. cucumbers) or crops in which flowers are harvested before opening (e.g. roses) it is necessary to use pollen- bearing banker plants such as basil.

Images source from Bugs for Bugs Australia.