Galendromus pyri

Galendromus pyri

Galendromus pyri is found in orchards throughout the world. It is particularly valuable as a natural enemy because of its ability to feed on many types of food when its primary prey is not available.

Adults are pear-shaped and slightly smaller than European red mite adults, which are their primary prey.G. pyri adults are white until they feed when they take on the red or brown coloration of their prey. The eggs are pear shaped, almost transparent, but slightly larger than the round European red mite eggs. The larvae are also transparent and difficult to see without a microscope.

Of the five G. pyri life stages, only the larvae are six legged. All other post-egg stages have eight legs. In all stages, G. pyri is indistinguishable from Neoseiulus fallacis and Galendromus occidentalis, other phytoseiid predatory mites, without a compound microscope.

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