{"product_id":"neoseiulus-cucumeris","title":"Neoseiulus cucumeris","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilvery streaks on the leaves with tiny black dots scattered through them, and new growth coming in scarred — that is thrips, and \u003cem\u003eNeoseiulus cucumeris\u003c\/em\u003e (still widely sold as \u003cem\u003eAmblyseius cucumeris\u003c\/em\u003e) is the thrips mite the commercial greenhouse world runs on. There is a reason for that: it is cheap, it is reliable, and it does the one job that matters most. This is the bottle — adults in a vermiculite carrier, released all at once, so the predator-to-prey ratio spikes the moment you open it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also about as simple as pest control gets. Nothing to mix, nothing to spray, no residue on the leaves and no re-entry interval — you tip them onto the plant and leave them to it. They hunt the leaf undersides and the folded new growth where a spray never lands, they find the thrips without your help, and thrips cannot develop resistance to being eaten. Safe around people, pets and anything you plan to eat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also takes broad mites and cyclamen mites, and it is the species with the published record on broad mite. That matters more than it sounds: broad mite damage is routinely misdiagnosed as overwatering, calcium deficiency or virus, so if you have unexplained distorted new growth on an aroid, a pepper or a begonia, a bottle of cucumeris is a cheap thing to put on it while you work out what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing to understand about the timeline. Cucumeris takes thrips at the \u003cstrong\u003efirst larval stage\u003c\/strong\u003e — the day or two after hatching — so you are killing the generation coming up behind the one you can see. A full treatment runs about 45 days as every thrips and every egg already in the plant cycles through that window. Judge it on new leaves emerging clean, not on adults disappearing. Adding Sf nematodes as a soil drench is the single biggest thing that shortens it, because it removes the pupal stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest for:\u003c\/strong\u003e An active thrips problem you can see, and broad or cyclamen mites. Works at 65–80°F; below about 50% humidity the eggs can fail to hatch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow many:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sizes go by plant count. Releasing more than strictly necessary has no downside — the excess disperses and declines naturally once the pest is suppressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArrives as:\u003c\/strong\u003e A bottle of loose adults in a vermiculite carrier. Deploy the day it arrives; there is no holding option.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeed:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 45 days for a full cycle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSafe around:\u003c\/strong\u003e People, pets, plants and food crops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adult thrips — \u003cem\u003eOrius insidiosus\u003c\/em\u003e is the one that takes those. Not prevention; that is the sachet. Not the soil stage, where Sf nematodes reach the pupae. Nor \u003cem\u003eEchinothrips\u003c\/em\u003e: in the trial that tested it, cucumeris did not reduce the population, and \u003cem\u003eAmblyseius swirskii\u003c\/em\u003e is the mite with the better record there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#F6F4F1;border:1px solid #E7E4DF;padding:30px 32px 8px;margin:36px 0;font-family:'DM Sans',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',sans-serif;font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.6;color:#2E3A26\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;margin:0 0 6px\"\u003eField Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:'Instrument Serif',Georgia,serif;font-size:27px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.15;color:#1A2810;margin:0 0 4px\"\u003eNeoseiulus cucumeris\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;color:#6A6A63;margin:0 0 4px\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:26px 0 2px;padding-top:14px;border-top:2px solid #E07D5A;display:inline-block\"\u003eThe beneficial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eSpecies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNeoseiulus cucumeris\u003c\/em\u003e, still widely sold as \u003cem\u003eAmblyseius cucumeris\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eType\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003ePredatory mite — the thrips mite the commercial greenhouse world runs on\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eSize\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eUnder half a millimetre and pale tan. A bottle that looks like nothing but grit is a bottle working exactly as intended\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eHow it works\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eAdults released onto the canopy in one dose, so the predator-to-prey ratio spikes immediately. They hunt thrips larvae at the first instar, and the mobile stages of broad and cyclamen mite\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eRole\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eTreatment, not prevention. This is a bottle of adults for a problem you can see. The sachets are the slow-release preventative version\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:26px 0 2px;padding-top:14px;border-top:2px solid #E07D5A;display:inline-block\"\u003eWhat it eats\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eHunts\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eThrips at the first larval stage only — the day or two after hatching. That narrow window is why a full treatment runs about 45 days rather than a week\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eBest against\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eAn active thrips problem you can already see, and broad or cyclamen mites\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eAlso eats\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eBroad mites and cyclamen mites. Cucumeris is the species with the published record on broad mite, which is worth knowing because broad mite damage is routinely misdiagnosed as overwatering, calcium deficiency or virus\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eEats opportunistically\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eSpider mite eggs and larvae. It is not a spider mite predator — it slows the spread rather than controlling it, and persimilis or californicus is the answer there\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eWon't touch\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eAdult thrips, and larger thrips larvae, which fight it off. Nothing below the soil line. And not Echinothrips — in the trial that tested it, cucumeris did not reduce the population\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:26px 0 2px;padding-top:14px;border-top:2px solid #E07D5A;display:inline-block\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eBottle of loose adults through a vermiculite carrier\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eShips as\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eAdults\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eSold by\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eCount\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:26px 0 2px;padding-top:14px;border-top:2px solid #E07D5A;display:inline-block\"\u003eWhere it works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eOptimal temp\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003e65–80°F. This is the cool-room thrips mite — swirskii is the one for a warm tent\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eHumidity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003e65–75% is where it performs best. Below about 50% the eggs can fail to hatch — and the humidity that matters is under the canopy, not the room reading\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eLight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eNot sensitive to day length. The strains sold for greenhouse use are non-diapausing, so this works year round\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eEstablishes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eWhile there is prey. It also feeds on pollen, which holds a population through gaps\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:26px 0 2px;padding-top:14px;border-top:2px solid #E07D5A;display:inline-block\"\u003eRunning it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eDeploy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eThe day it arrives. There is no holding option for loose mites — releasing them in imperfect conditions beats holding them in perfect ones\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eApplication\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eRotate the bottle gently end-over-end first so the mites are distributed through the carrier, then dust onto the foliage — undersides and new growth included, heaviest where the damage is\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eHow many\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eSizes go by plant count. Releasing more than strictly necessary has no downside — the excess disperses and declines naturally once the pest is suppressed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eReapply\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eEvery 7–14 days while the infestation is active\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eRefrigerate\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eNo\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eCompatible with\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eSf nematodes for the pupae in the soil, and \u003cem\u003eOrius insidiosus\u003c\/em\u003e for the adults in the canopy. The three together are the complete answer — on its own, each one leaves a life stage running\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eKeep separate from\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003eNothing in the catalogue, with one note: swirskii eats cucumeris juveniles in a lab arena, and nobody has measured it on a real crop. Run both if you want the coverage, but expect swirskii to end up doing the work\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eChemical interval\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px;font-weight:500;color:#1A2810\"\u003eNeem and horticultural oil leave nothing behind once dry. Insecticidal soap needs a day. Sulfur is 21 days after any application, and never with a sulfur burner running in the same space. Longer waits: neonicotinoids 21 days after a foliar spray and 4 weeks after a soil drench, organophosphates and carbamates 6 weeks, pyrethroids 8–12 weeks, bifenthrin 12–15. Where the label says longer, the label wins\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:4px 20px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E7E4DF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:0 0 148px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6A6A63;line-height:1.5;padding-top:2px\"\u003eSafe around\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 280px\"\u003ePeople, pets and plants\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#F6F4F1;border:1px solid #E7E4DF;padding:22px 24px;margin:32px 0 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1A2810;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003eThe long version\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;font-size:14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #1A2810; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/blogs\/predatory-mite-matters\/cucumeris-why-it-works-and-why-it-fails\"\u003eCucumeris: Why It Works (and Why It Fails)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;color:#6A6A63;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;margin-top:3px;\"\u003eThe species, what it eats, and the conditions it needs.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #1A2810; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/blogs\/predatory-mite-matters\/cucumeris-release-rates-and-sachet-placement\"\u003eSlow Release Is a Placement, Not a Product.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;color:#6A6A63;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;margin-top:3px;\"\u003eWhat to release, what is inside a sachet, and where to hang it.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #1A2810; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/blogs\/predatory-mite-matters\/why-cucumeris-releases-fail\"\u003eThe Mites Are Alive. The Thrips Are Winning.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;color:#6A6A63;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;margin-top:3px;\"\u003eEleven failure modes, each with the fingerprint that tells it apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #1A2810; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"\/blogs\/predatory-mite-matters\/cucumeris-first-instar-thrips\"\u003eSix Stages. It Reaches One.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:block;color:#6A6A63;font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;margin-top:3px;\"\u003eThe one prey stage it can kill, and everything that follows.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FGMN Nursery","offers":[{"title":"X-Small — Up to 5 Plants (1,250 Mites)","offer_id":50523120009276,"sku":"CUCU-1250","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small — Up to 10 Plants (2,500 Mites)","offer_id":50523120042044,"sku":"CUCU-2500","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium — Up to 25 Plants (6,250 Mites)","offer_id":50523120074812,"sku":"CUCU-6250","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large — Up to 50 Plants (12,500 Mites)","offer_id":50523120107580,"sku":"CUCU-12500","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"X-Large — Up to 100 Plants (25,000 Mites)","offer_id":50523120140348,"sku":"CUCU-25000","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2X-Large — Up to 150 Plants (37,500 Mites)","offer_id":50523120173116,"sku":"CUCU-37500","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3X-Large — Up to 200 Plants (50,000 Mites)","offer_id":50523120205884,"sku":"CUCU-50000","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2166\/5887\/files\/amblyseius-cucumeris-thrips-control.png?v=1790388922","url":"https:\/\/www.giftsforyounme.com\/products\/neoseiulus-cucumeris","provider":"Gifts for You 'n Me","version":"1.0","type":"link"}