As a DIRECT PRODUCER, Associates Insectary has vast experience in domestic and international sales and shipping. Our high quality insects are available year round in large numbers. Let us know where you are in the world and what you need. If expedited shipping is available to your location, our team will handle the logistics. Associates Insectary is an Integrated Pest Management based grower-owned cooperative.From our inception, Associates has been dedicated to providing our Members with reliable entomological pest control advice from our staff of licensed Pest Control Advisors (PCA).
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Grower-members receive the full services of a Pest Control Advisor and spray application division along with millions of beneficials for their groves at a 60% savings as compared to purchasing these services individually. Associates Insectary prides itself on being a leader in Integrated Pest Management services/practices and by bundling these services together, Associates assists growers in producing top quality fruit at reduced rates/costs. The Insectary serves both organic and conventional growers.
Associates is the oldest, most experienced producer of beneficials in the United States. We have a 90+ year record of producing premium quality beneficial organisms for our Members. Associates raises almost one billion beneficials each year at our facility in Ventura County's Santa Clara Valley, home to one of California's richest agricultural areas.
Mealybugs are pests on many permanent and greenhouse crops causing significant damage when not properly controlled. Chemical control is effective in some cases. However, in most situations, the unseen control of these pests by beneficial wasps and beetles is substantial. Like other pests in the Pseudococcidae family, mealybugs attract ants and create sooty mold which further damages crops.
Control of Spider Mites on a Variety of Plants Associates Insectary raises and sells tens of millions of this highly effective mite each year. Associates Insectary hand raises millions of these predatory mites each month by feeding them actual pest mite eggs, not an artificial food source. This expensive and labor intensive practice maintains a strong hunting instinct in our colony and provides a naturally balanced diet for them.
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