Typhlodromus pyri

 

Typhlodromus pyri is extremely important in the biological control of European red mite. It is often common in New Zealand apple orchards and, although it preys particularly on the active stages of mites, it also eats scale crawlers, pollen, fungal tissue, and honeydew. Cannibalism occurs in T. pyri populations when other food sources are absent. The amount and importance of its feeding on oystershell scale are unknown.