| DORMANT | BLOOM TIME | IN-SEASON | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATURAL ENEMY | Oil | Oil + pyrethroid1 |
Oil + OP2 |
Oil + IGRs3 |
Oil + Spinosad |
Bt4 | IGRs3 | Oil | Spinosad | IGR3 | OP2 | Pyrethroid1 | Spinosad | Carbamate5 | Oil | NN6 |
| aphid parasites (Aphidius spp.) | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | M | L/M7 | L8 | — | — | H | H |
| caterpillar parasite (Copidosoma9, Macrocentrus) | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | M | M | H | H | M/H | H | — | H |
| lacewings | L | L | M | L | L | L | L | L | L | M | M | L/M | L/M | H | — | M |
| lady beetles (Chilocorus spp.) | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | M | L | H | H | H | H | — | — |
| minute pirate bugs | L | M | M | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | H | H | M | H | — | — |
| predatory mites (Galendromus sp., Typhlodromus sp.) | L | H | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | M | H | L | H | — | L |
| scale parasites (Aphytis sp.) | L | H | L | L | L/M | L | L | L | H | M | H | H | H | H | — | H |
| spiders | L | L | M | L | L | L | L | L | L | — | H | L | — | H | — | — |
| H = high M = moderate L = low — = no information | |
| 1 | pyrethroid (e.g. Asana, Warrior) |
| 2 | OP = organophosphate (e.g. Diazinon, Guthion, Imidan, Lorsban, Supracide) |
| 3 | IGR = insect growth regulator (Dimilin, Intrepid, Esteem, Seize) |
| 4 | Bt = Bacillus thuringensis |
| 5 | carbamate (e.g. Sevin) |
| 6 | NN = neonicotinoids (Actara, Provado) |
| 7 | inseason use of OPs on aphid parasites: Diazinon = M, Imidan = L, Lorsban = no information |
| 8 | inseason use of pyrethroids on aphid parasites: Asana = L, Warrior = no information |
| 9 | (= Paralitomastix) |