The adults are typically 6 to 12 mm long and are mostly brown or blackish in colour with brown patchy wings. The larvae are elongate and small-headed. This lacewing is found naturally in wooded areas throughout North America.

Both adult and larvae feed primary on aphids, mealybug and mites. In the greenhouse, this predator has shown great promise in controlling aphids, such as Foxglove.

Brown lacewings can be worked into your existing aphid program

Shipped
Adults in bottle.

Optimum Conditions
4-27^oC (39-80^oF). Egg laying requires 13^oC (55^oF).

Release Rate
1 per m² (10 ft sq) or 100 per hotspot every 2 weeks.

Note
Must be ordered by Wednesday for shipping the following Tuesday.