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It seems like we’ve started a sales trend. First we offer pest scouting supplies like traps and such to monitor or scout for pests early, then we offer whitefly parasitoids for the prevention of, well, whiteflies. Now we’re offering a discount on aphid parasitoids like Aphidius spp. and Aphelinus abdominalis (not detailed on site). If we keep this up people will end up preventing their worst pests this year and saving money while they’re doing it.

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If it’s not clear already, we’re big on using biocontrols preemptively: before pests show up and start taking over. While we’re not putting every preventive agent on sale — we wish that was possible — we are offering a discount on all of our preventive whitefly parasitoids. Specifically we are talking about Encarsia formosa (for greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum), and the E. formosa Nile Delta strain or Eretmocerus eremicus (for other common greenhouse-inhabiting species like sweet potato or silverleaf whiteflies, Bemisia spp.).

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For our next sale we’ve decided to continue the last sale, our Massive Pest Scouting Supplies Sale, for one more week, since its offerings are so critically important to a pest control program’s success. To learn more check out the aforementioned entry or head right on over to our shop for discounts on the following:

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Throughout this site, most notably in the Necessary Info section, we harp almost annoyingly about the need to scout your crops systematically, without fail, before you encounter pest problems. We stress that doing so can save your crops and your wallet. This is especially true with biocontrols that for the most part work best preventively or during the very onset of infestation. Since we’re here to help folks succeed, putting sticky traps and all of our scouting goods on sale, more people might use and enjoy the benefits of doing things right from the start. They’ll all become Super Scouts.

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