Citrus was more an aspirational 'C', and while growth has pushed out most groves, speciality farms are adding juice to the industry.
Lacewings and pirate bugs ... of Yuma and Phoenix provide a safety net to the market when California, Florida, or Texas crops are wiped out. Temperatures below 26 degrees are hard on most citrus ...
Florida red scale and purple scale will also ... mealybugs have lots of natural predators like lady beetles, syrphid flies, and lacewings. There's also a beetle called the mealybug destroyer ...
Lacewings and pirate bugs, natural predators of citrus pests ... free conditions of Yuma and Phoenix provide a safety net to the market when California, Florida, or Texas crops are wiped out.