Green Lacewing Eggs
Green Lacewing Eggs
Green Lacewing Eggs
Green Lacewing Eggs
Green Lacewing Eggs
Green Lacewing Eggs
FGMN Nursery

Green Lacewing Eggs

LACE-EGG-250

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994 auf Lager

Aphids on the new growth, and you want the cheapest way to get predators onto the plant. Green lacewing eggs are the stage before the predator, priced accordingly: they hatch on the foliage over a few days and the larvae — the "aphid lions" — hunt from there, working leaf by leaf through a colony.

It is about as low-effort as biological control gets. Nothing to mix, nothing to spray, no residue on the leaves and no re-entry interval — you scatter the eggs and carrier together across the plant and the soil around it, and leave them. The larvae search the undersides and the growing tips without your help, and aphids cannot develop resistance to being eaten. Safe around people, pets and anything you plan to eat.

Be realistic about scale, and spread them thin. The published egg-release trials are mixed — a significant reduction on dwarf apple trees at about 335,000 eggs per hectare, no detectable effect on landscape stonecrop or hawthorn — so on a big established specimen expect help rather than a clearance. And wide beats concentrated: neonates hatch hungry among their own siblings and will eat each other at density.

You will probably never see an adult lacewing, and that is how it is supposed to go. Judge this on what happens to the aphids while the larvae are working.

Best for: Low aphid pressure, prevention, and getting ahead of a colony before it establishes.
How many: Sizes go by plant count up to X-Large, then by square footage. Spread them thin and wide.
Arrives as: Loose, unhatched eggs through a dry carrier. Nothing will be moving. There is no adhesive, so where you place them matters.
Speed: Hatch is variable — days rather than hours, and slower than the incubated Larvae. Best at 70–85°F; both hatch and development slow below 65°F.
Safe around: People, pets, plants and food crops.
Not for: An active outbreak you need cleared now — the incubated Larvae are that. And not a dependable treatment for thrips, spider mites, mealybug or whitefly; the larvae take those on encounter, which is not control.

Field Notes

Green Lacewing Eggs

The beneficial

Species
Chrysoperla sp., either rufilabris or carnea, depending on the batch
Larva size
About 1mm on hatching, translucent — effectively invisible. They grow to 8mm by the final instar
What does the killing
The larva, and only the larva. Adults are not predatory — they feed on pollen, nectar and honeydew
Feeding window
2–3 weeks of larval life, then pupation

What it eats

Hunts
Aphids above all. Larvae actively search foliage for them. Published results are mixed: significant reduction on dwarf apple trees at a very high egg rate, none on landscape stonecrop or hawthorn
Eats opportunistically
Thrips larvae, spider mites, mealybugs, whitefly nymphs, scale crawlers, small caterpillars, insect eggs, psyllids. Taken on encounter, and not a reason to buy them — opportunistic feeding is not control. Whitefly especially: the larvae cannot complete development on whitefly alone
Won't touch
Adult scale, armored scale, anything in the soil, adult whitefly

What arrives

Format
Non-incubated eggs, loose with a rice hull or similar carrier
Role
Treatment, delayed. Eggs hatch after arrival, then the larvae feed
Sold by
Count
Ships as
Small pale eggs. Not yet hatched — nothing will be moving
Eggs or larvae?
Eggs are the cheaper stage. The one direct comparison was on leafhoppers rather than aphids, and there about 70% of released eggs were lost, mostly to cannibalism. Eggs for low pressure and getting ahead of it; the incubated Larvae product for an active outbreak
Hatch window
Variable. Days rather than hours, and slower than the incubated Lacewing Larvae product. Cold transit extends it

Where it works

Optimal temp
70–85°F. Hatch and development both slow below 65°F
Humidity
Moderate. No high-RH requirement
Establishes
No. Adults emerge and disperse — this is a release, not a population

Running it

Deploy
On arrival. Distribute eggs across foliage, or leave the container open in the canopy and let larvae exit as they hatch
Release timing
Evening. Spread thin and wide — larvae are cannibalistic and will eat each other at high density
Reapply
Every 7–14 days while pests are active
Refrigerate
No
Compatible with
Predatory mites, Stratiolaelaps scimitus, beneficial nematodes, Aphidius, Cryptolaemus, Diglyphus, springtails
Keep separate from
Broad-spectrum insecticides. Ants — they defend aphid colonies and will attack larvae. Sticky cards will catch adults
Chemical interval
One day after neem oil or insecticidal soap. Never with sulfur, at any dilution
Safe around
Pets, children, plants

Testimonials

★★★★★

This shop has great customer service. Although they mainly sell pots they also have a few plants to sell. I bought one of these plants and it shipped very fast. The plant I received is beautiful but it was the wrong plant. I contacted the shop right away. I told them I will keep the plant but I’d still want to buy the one I wanted. The plant I wanted also cost less so I offered to pay the difference too. The shop apologized for the mistake and said they will send the right plant right away and to keep the plant i already received. I thought that was awesome, thoughtful and very professional and that goes a long way. Thank you so much and I really appreciate that.

Blesi
Kahului,Hi
★★★★★

Simply a beautiful and artistic Peety pot. Will be the pot for an Adenia metamorpha and the two will definitely display awesome artistry.

John
Los Angeles, CA
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