Coccinella septempunctata is a useful predator. It can be used in plastic houses to control soft insects such as Aphis. Therefore I am now very interested in studying and developing them to increase the productivity of protected crops and preserve biodiversity through them.
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Salam Dr Sabir.The seven spotted ladybird can be reared as follows :
-Nturaly by rearing it on aphids such as the green peach aphid .
-Artificially on diet.You can go to a paper :Pakistan J.Zool.(2010) 24(1):47-51.
Bist wishes .
It is not so difficult. Adults are fed with aphids in the petridishes which are put in the safe containers.
Hello, Dr Saber A. Riad
I know, mass rearing of Coccinella :
There should certainly be a greenhouse that is larger. The point here is that you are planting in this greenhouse and doing a harvest of strawberries or lettuce and cabbage, then you should deliberately contaminate your product with the aphids so that these aphids feed on Coccinella that you have breeding elsewhere.
Best Wishes
Samaneh Mahmouvand
Thanks Samaneh Mahmoudvand and Kyi kyi Than
Very useful information...
Best regards,,
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