• Ten striking facts about the tomato leaf miner moth Tuta absoluta

  September 23, 2020

  be helpful in in mass trapping the males. Tutasan is a water trap and is used in combination with Pherodis pheromones. The pheromone attracts the males, [...] with Koppert's Pherodis pheromone dispensers can also help you to effectively control the pest. The males are lured into the trap, after which they stick [...] there are hiding, you can use the Deltatrap in combination with Pherodis pheromones to monitor the population. Tuta absoluta can be biologically controlled

• Mealybugs and scales

  different pest stages: Parasitic wasps Lacewings Predatory beetles Pheromone traps Parasitic wasps, predatory beetles and lacewings help reduce mealybug [...] mealybug and scale populations by attacking both larvae and adults. Pheromone traps support early detection and population monitoring. With Koppert’s biological

• Stepping up the fight against Tuta absoluta in Kenya with safer and sustainable biocontrol products

  March 15, 2021

  Notably, 100% of farmers mentioned the use of pheromone traps (Tutasan and delta traps), 98% the sticky traps and 92% use of Trianum for management of soil [...] employed the use of a predatory mirid Macrolophus pygmaeus ( Mirical ), the pheromone trap system ( Tutasan + Pherodis ) and good agricultural practices. Field [...] leaf miner . Koppert staff explaining the use and placement of Tutasan for trapping tomato leaf miner at Ngoriba Ward (Credit: CABI). An end-line survey, carried

• Combating the oak processionary caterpillar requires a combined approach

  May 4, 2021

  instead. This trap contains a specific oak processionary caterpillar-pheromone which is ideal for monitoring and capturing moths. The pheromone lures the male [...] Steinernema feltiae nematode and moths are monitored and captured using a pheromone trap. This approach effectively rids you of these pests in a safe and natural

• Municipality of Enschede: use of Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar has important gains

  March 9, 2022

  nematodes.’ Maintenance of biodiversity The municipality also used pheromone traps last summer, to help it to determine how many oak processionary caterpillar

• Corn earworm

  are attracted to light traps, especially using ultraviolet light. This capture method, together with aggregation sex pheromone traps, are population monitoring

• Ten need-to-know facts about caterpillars

  July 18, 2023

  is to use the pheromones to lure the butterflies and moths to a trap with a sticky surface or a pool of water. In addition to pheromone decoys, there are [...] find the females by the pheromones they excrete. Many control methods make good use of this. For example, spreading many pheromones can disorientate the males

• Crop Monitoring and Scouting

  identification and prompt action. By employing insect traps, such as sticky traps and pheromones, growers can promptly detect the presence of pests and

• Buxatrap and Capsanem: an ideal and effective combination for early detection and biological control of box tree moth 

  April 29, 2021

  spring. The first step is to use box tree moth traps ( Buxatrap ) containing the specific sex pheromone Pherodis Cydalima perspectalis, to lure the male [...] Buxatrap can be used without water, making it a very convenient maintenance free trap throughout the season. Step two: biological control of caterpillars with

• Oak Processionary Moth Thaumetopoea processionea Brochure EN

  when caterpillars release their poisonous hairs. Additional trapping Koppert’s Funnel Trap can be used to catch the moths emerging from the treatment or [...] to the pheromones lasting for 6 weeks. Recommendations for use Adults / Moths Solution Packaging Dosage Application advice Funnel Trap One trap [...] plot of less than 1 ha: 5 traps, with 4 to be distributed in the 25 m surrounding the oak. • R oadside or copse trees: 1 trap every 25 m, or every 3 trees