{"product_id":"bugs-for-bugs-fly-parasitoid-wasp-mix","title":"Bugs for Bugs Fly Parasitoid Wasp Mix","description":"\u003cp\u003eBugs for Bugs Fly Parasitoid Wasp Mix targets house flies and stable flies during the pupal stage, helping interrupt the next generation before adults emerge. The mix contains Spalangia endius, Muscidifurax raptor and Nasonia vitripennis, tiny wasps used around nuisance-fly breeding sites. It is intended for settings such as horse studs, poultry farms, piggeries and feedlots, as part of a programme that also reduces the places where flies breed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFemale wasps place their eggs into immature fly pupae. The developing wasp feeds on its host and kills it, then a new adult emerges from the fly's pupal case to continue the cycle. The supplied material consists of parasitised fly pupae mixed with vermiculite. It is therefore working on future fly numbers, rather than knocking down the adult flies already moving around animals and buildings. Visible improvement can take several weeks, which makes early and repeated releases more useful than waiting for an outbreak to become severe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelease units keep the material close to suitable breeding sites along fence lines, drains, spilt feed or undisturbed manure. In stables and other indoor environments, the pupae can also be distributed around pens and feeding troughs. Good sanitation remains essential: removing fly-breeding material, managing vegetation and monitoring pest activity all help the biological programme work. Regular releases from spring through autumn build overlapping wasp generations while conditions remain suitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese insects have their own handling requirements. They should be released promptly, and refrigeration is specifically unsuitable for this mix. Emergence can be spread over time, so a quiet-looking pack does not necessarily mean that the process is complete. The live pupae and the nonliving release units are separate products; a release unit is not included with these pupal packs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biosecurity restrictions currently prevent this product from being sent to Tasmania.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE:\u003c\/strong\u003e These are living insects with a short shelf life, so we don't hold them in store. Your order ships fresh, direct from the breeder.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eSpecies image credits: Muscidifurax raptor female on fly puparium - Photo courtesy of USDA Agricultural Research Service, imageK9933-2 (public domain). Via Wikimedia Commons. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Muscidifurax_raptor_laying_egg.jpg\"\u003esource\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/oc\/images\/copyright\/\"\u003ePublic domain (USDA ARS)\u003c\/a\u003e. Cropped to square and resized. Spalangia endius female, Fig.1 - Gómez Segade, C.B., Garrido, S.A., Aquino, D.A., Corley, J.C. \u0026amp; Cichón, L.I. (2021), Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina80(2):48-52, doi:10.25085\/rsea.800209, CC BY4.0. Figure JPEG extracted unchanged from article PDF; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.biotaxa.org\/RSEA\/article\/view\/69889\"\u003esource\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"\u003eCC BY 4.0\u003c\/a\u003e. Background and scale bar removed, resized. Nasonia vitripennis, BOLD Systems specimen photograph SMTPJ107-14 - CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics; CC BY 4.0; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/portal.boldsystems.org\/record\/SMTPJ107-14\"\u003esource\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"\u003eCC BY 4.0\u003c\/a\u003e. Cropped to square and resized; source scale marker retained.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bugs for Bugs","offers":[{"title":"10000 Parasitised Pupae","offer_id":67640391827614,"sku":"PLACEHOLDER355213213296","price":72.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2500 Parasitised Pupae","offer_id":67640391860382,"sku":"PLACEHOLDER355213213298","price":27.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/5261\/6094\/files\/Bugs_for_Bugs_Fly_Parasitoid_Wasp_Mix_-_Pack_-_01.png?v=1793441980","url":"https:\/\/www.hydrooasis.com.au\/products\/bugs-for-bugs-fly-parasitoid-wasp-mix","provider":"Hydro Oasis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}