Toxicity of Pesticides to Arthropod Predators

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Updated 29 December 2011

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• Mite Predators:
• Stethorus punctum
•     Highly Toxic: Adjourn, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Bifenture, Danitol, Declare, Lambda-Cy, Leverage, Mustang Max, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Rimon (larvae), Sevin, Silencer, Tombstone, Voliam Xpress, Warrior
  
•     Moderately toxic: Abba, Actara, Admire, Agri-Mek, Assail, Belay, Calypso, Carzol (larvae), diazinon, Esteem (larvae), Lannate, Nexter, Provado, Temprano, Thionex, Voliam Flexi
  
• Amblyseius fallacis
•     Highly Toxic: Adjourn, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Bifenture, Carzol, Danitol, Declare, Goal, Kelthane, Lambda-Cy, Lannate, Leverage, Mustang Max, Paraquat, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Rely, Round-Up, Silencer, Tombstone, Topsin-M, Vydate, Warrior
•     Moderately toxic: Abba, Acramite, Agri-Mek, diazinon, Envidor, Kanemite, karathane, Nexter, Portal, Sevin, sulfur, Temprano, Vendex, Zeal
  
• Zetzellia mali
•     Highly Toxic: Vendex, Vydate
•     Moderately toxic: Adjourn, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Bifenture, Danitol, Declare, Lambda-Cy, Lannate, Leverage, Mustang Max, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Silencer, Tombstone, Topsin-M, Warrior
• Orius insidiosus
•     Highly Toxic: mancozeb,
•     Moderately toxic: Actara, Adjourn, Admire, Ambush, Asana, Assail, Battalion, Baythroid, Belay, Bifenture, Calypso, Danitol, Declare, Esteem, Nexter, Lambda-Cy, Lannate, Leverage, Mustang Max, Pasada, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Proclaim, Provado, Sevin, sulfur, Tombstone, Silencer, Voliam Flexi, Voliam Express, Warrior, Zeal
  
• Aphid Predators:
• Syrphids
•     Highly Toxic: Aliette, Avaunt, mancozeb, Sevin, Thionex
•     Moderately toxic: Actara, Admire, Delegate, diazinon, Entrust, Leverage, Pasada, Voliam Flexi
  
• Aphid midge
•     Highly Toxic: diazinon, Ridomil, Sevin, Thionex,
•     Moderately toxic: Actara, Adjourn, Asana, Assail, Battalion, Baythroid, Belay, Calypso, Danitol, Declare, Guthion, Lambda-Cy, Leverage, Mustang Max, Proaxis, Tombstone, Silencer, Vydate, Voliam Flexi, Voliam Express, Warrior
• Lady beetles
•     Highly Toxic: Adjourn, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Belay, Bifenture, Danitol, Declare, Lambda-Cy, Lannate, Leverage, mancozeb, Mustang Max, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Rimon, Sevin, Silencer, Tombstone, Voliam Xpress, Warrior
•     Moderately toxic: Actara, Admire, Assail, Calypso, diazinon, Esteem, Guthion, Nexter, Pasada,Voliam Flexi
  
• Lacewings
•     Highly Toxic: Adjourn, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Belay, Bifenture, Danitol, Declare, Lambda-Cy, Leverage, Lorsban, Mustang Max, Perm-Up. Pounce, Proaxis, Silencer, Tombstone, Vendex, Warrior
•     Moderately toxic: Actara, Assail, Calypso, diazinon, Esteem, Lannate, Sevin, Zeal
  
• Aphelinus mali - parasitoid of WAA
• Highly Toxic: Adjourn, Admire, Ambush, Asana, Battalion, Baythroid, Belay,  Bifenture, Danitol, Declare, Delegate, diazinon, Lambda-Cy, Leverage, Lorsban, Mustang Max, Pasada, Perm-Up, Pounce, Proaxis, Sevin, Silencer, Tombstone, Warrior
• Moderately toxic:

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