Mummified mealy bug product and method

A process of producing parasitized mealybug mummies as a mealybug Biological Control Agent (BCA), the process comprising the steps of:

• a) infesting a host plant with 1st instar stage mealybugs;
• b) detaching mealybug nymphs and young females from said host plant;
• c) parasitizing said detached mealybug nymphs and young females;
• d) incubating the parasitized mealybugs to produce a mummified parasitized mealybug mixture;
• e) rinsing the mummified parasitized mealybug mixture;
• f) separating out viable mummified parasitized mealybugs from said mixture;
• g) drying the viable mummified parasitized mealybugs;
• h) packaging said viable mummified parasitized mealybugs, wherein said packaged mummified parasitized mealybugs are devoid of limbs and waxy covering;
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• i) storing and/or distributing said packaged mummified parasitized mealybugs as a mealybug BCA.