May we introduce ourselves? It’s us! Your big household helper and rescue troop for all storage and production facilities in the trade, wholesale and retail industry (even if you can hardly see us with the naked eye). We: the natural enemies of moths. The big family of ichneumon flies. Here we will introduce ourselves with first and surname.

Trichogramma evanescens

Food moths (such as dried fruit moth, flour moth, warehouse moth) but also clothes moth and honeycomb moth.

The ichneumon wasp and moth egg parasitoids - are the moth infantry specialists for the extermination of moths. Because of their convenient size - they are only 0,3 mm in size - they can access every place where moth larvae is. Moth larvae normally also gets into packaged products. Because of the exceptional well developed sense of smell the tricogramma finds the eggs of food moths and parasites these. The ichneumon wasp cannot fly and is therefore only effective in a limited area (1 tricho card per shelf). Remember when you are sending them into operation, that you are the commander in chief and have to place the ichneumon wasps correctly. Show her where the infestation is happening (we have trained her well so that she then will know what to do). After all the moths have been destroyed the ichneumon wasps move on or die. The ichneumon wasps are completely harmless for “man and cat” and will not even be noticed by the human organism.

The tricho cardboard that you have received must be placed or hung up close to the infested area. IMPORTANT: The tricho cardboards need to have a contact point (= bridged) to the shelf! For each separate compartment in the wardrobe or kitchen cupboard one cardboard is necessary. To ensure that the placement has a long-term success you will receive cardboards with 3.000 ichneumon wasps/ infantry troops each in a time space of three weeks.

Habrobracon hebetor

Flour moth, dried fruit moth, warehouse moth and tropical warehouse moth, in certain cases also small and large honeycomb moth

The braconic wasp / flour moth ichneumon wasp - habrobracon hebetor - are the mobile troop of the moth cavalry (specialists) for the elimination of moths. The braconic wasp is 2 - 4 mm in size and can fly in an a range of ca. 20 m² (à 1 tubule). The braconic wasp is very keen to hunt, finds hidden moth larvae, paralyses these and in this way prevents their next stage of development to a moth. The braconic wasp is ready for action at a temperature from 16° C. Braconic wasps can survive without food or hosts for a long space of time so they can virtually be bought into action “precautionary”. After all the moths are eliminated the wasps move on or die. Braconic wasps are harmless for “man and cat”.

The tubules that you have received must be placed opened up in an infested room. The braconic wasps will be delivered in different stages of their development so that they will hatch sequentially in a time frame of four weeks and become active.