| Timing/Treatment | NATURAL ENEMIES | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillar parasites (Copidosoma sp. and Macrocentrus sp.) | Lacewings | Lady beetles (Chilocorus spp.) | Minute pirate bugs | Predatory mites (Galendromus sp. and Typhlodromus sp.) | Scale parasites (Aphytis sp.) | Spiders | |
| DORMANT | |||||||
| oil | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| oil + IGR1 | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| oil + OP2 | L | M | L | M | L | L | M |
| oil + pyrethroid3 | L | L | L | M | H | — | L |
| oil + spinosyns4 | L | L | L | L | L | L/M | L |
| BLOOM | |||||||
| Bt5 | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| diamides6 | L | L | L | L | L | L | — |
| Dimilin | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Intrepid | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| spinosyns4 | M | L | M | L | L | H | L |
| IN SEASON | |||||||
| Avaunt | L | L | L | L | — | — | — |
| carbamate7 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| diamides6 | L | L | L | L | L | — | — |
| Movento | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| OP2 | H | M | H | H | M | H | H |
| pyrethroid3 | H | L/M | H | H | H | H | H |
| spinosyns4 | M/H | L/M | H | M | L | H | — |
| H = high M = moderate L = low — = no information | |
| 1 | IGR = insect growth regulators (diflubenzuron-Dimilin, buprofezin-Centaur, pyriproxyfen-Seize) |
| 2 | OP = organophosphate (Diazinon, Imidan) |
| 3 | pyrethroid (Asana, Ambush, Pounce) |
| 4 | Spinosyns = spinosad (Success, Entrust), spinetoram (Delegate) |
| 5 | Bt = Bacillus thuringiensis |
| 6 | Diamides = chlorantraniliprole (Altacor) |
| 7 | carbamate (Carzol, Lannate, Sevin) |