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Originally Posted by Jamie p
The predators go into diapause when the daylight hours go below 11. ( not really sure what that means) but I noticed in my greenhouse they stayed active even in winter. I'm not sure about the aphids. The might eat their eggs not too sure. I think lady bugs would be best for the aphids.  |
I checked it out and not all mites do diapause. Here's the definition I found for diapause:
diapause - definition of diapause by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
The definition seems to mean that their growth just slows down... prolly like hibernation. I am definitely going to try the predatory mites if I even think I might have spider mites.