A licence is needed to release non-native invertebrate Biological Control agents in England and it is an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to do so without such a licence.
If you wish to apply for a new licence or renew an existing one please contact:
Matthew Everatt
Risk and Horizon Scanning Team
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Room 02FA01/05
National Agri-Food Innovation Campus
Sand Hutton
York
YO41 1LZ
Email:
Applications can be submitted on the forms provided below:
If you wish to use a biological control agent that does not appear in either list and you are not sure of whether it requires a licence, please contact the above address.
Species | Family | Organism type | Target pest group(s) |
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Amblydromalus limonicus | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Thrips, whitefly |
Amblyseius degenerans | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Thysanoptera |
Amblyseius fallacis | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | |
Amblyseius montdorensis | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and whitefly (Aleyrodes spp., Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes spp.) |
Amblyseius ovalis | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Whitefly (Aleyrodes spp., Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes spp.) |
Amblyseius swirskii | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Bemisia tabaci, Frankliniella occidentalis, Trialeurodes vaporariorum |
Anagyrus fusciventris | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Pseudococcidae |
Aphalara itadori | Aphalaridae | Herbivore | Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) |
Chilocorus nigrita | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | Asterolecaniidae, Diaspididae |
Delphastus catalinae | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | Aleyrodidae (Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum) |
Delphastus pusillus | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | |
Eretmocerus eremicus | Aphelinidae | Parasitoid wasp | Bemisia tabaci |
Euseius gallicus | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | |
Franklinothrips vespiformis | Aeolothripidae | Predatory thrips | Thysanoptera |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | Heterorhabditidae | Parasitic nematode | Vine weevils (Otiorhynchus spp.) |
Heterorhabditis downesi | Heterorhabditidae | Parasitic nematode | Root-eating pests |
Leptomastix algirica | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Pseudococcidae |
Macrolophus caliginosus | Miridae | Predatory bug | Whitefly |
Metaphycus flavus | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Coccidae |
Metaseiulus occidentalis | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Tetranychidae |
Neoseiulus californicus | Phytoseiidae | Predatory Mite | Tetranychidae |
Pseudaphycus maculipennis | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Pseudococcidae |
Trichogramma achaeae | Trichogrammatidae | Parasitoid wasp | Tuta absoluta |
Trichogramma brassicae | Trichogrammatidae | Egg parasitoid | Lepidoptera (Ostrinia nubilalis) |
If you wish to use a biological control agent that does not appear in either list and you are not sure of whether it requires a licence, please contact the above address.
Species | Family | Organism type | Target pest group(s) |
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Adalia bipunctata | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | Aphididae |
Aleochara bilineata | Staphylinidae | Predatory beetle | Delia antiqua, Delia radicum (= Delia brassicae) |
Amblyseius andersoni | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Aculops lycopersicae, Aculus schlechtendali, Eriophyes canestrinii, Panonychus ulmi, Phytonemus pallidus, Polyphagotarsonemus latus, Tetranychus urticae, T. cinnabarinus |
Anagyrus pesudococci | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | |
Anagyrus vladimiri | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Planococcus citri, P. ficus |
Anthocoris nemoralis | Anthocoridae | Predatory bug | Psyllidae |
Anthocoris nemorum | Anthocoridae | Predatory bug | Cacopsylla pyri, thrips |
Aphelinus abdominalis | Aphelinidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aphididae (Aulacorthum solani, Macrosiphum euphorbiae) |
Aphidius colemani | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aphididae (Aphis gossypii, M. nicotianae, Myzus persimiliscae) |
Aphidius ervi | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aulacorthum solani, Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Aphidius matricariae | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Myzus persicae |
Aphidoletes aphidimyza | Cecidomyiidae | Predatory midge | Aphididae (Aphis gossypii, Aulacorthum sp., Macrosiphum sp., Myzus persicae) |
Bracon hebetor | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | |
Chrysoperla carnea | Chrysopidae | Predatory lacewing | Aphididae |
Chrysoperla lucasina | Chrysopidae | Predatory lacewing | Aphididae |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | Planococcus citri |
Dacnusa sibirica | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Liriomyza bryoniae, L. huidobrensis and Chromatomyia syngenesiae |
Dalotia (Atheta) coriaria | Staphylinidae | Predatory beetle | Ephydridae (shore flies), Sciaridae (fungus gnats), |
Diglyphus isaea | Eulophidae | Parasitoid wasp | Agromyzidae (Liriomyza spp.) |
Encarsia citrina | Aphelinidae | Parasitoid wasp | Diaspididae |
Encarsia formosa | Aphelinidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aleyrodidae (Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes) |
Ephedrus cerasicola | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aphididae |
Episyrphus balteatus | Syrphidae | Predatory hoverfly | Aphididae |
Eupeodes corollae | Syrphidae | Predatory hoverfly | Aphididae |
Feltiella acarisuga | Cecidomyiidae | Predatory midge | Tetranychus cinnabarinus, T. urticae |
Leptomastix dactylopii | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Planococcus citri |
Leptomastix epona | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Pseudococcidae (Pseudococcus viburni) |
Macrocheles robustulus | Macrochelidae | Predatory mite | Thysanoptera, Sciaridae |
Macrolophus pygmaeus | Miridae | Predatory bug | Aleyrodidae |
Metaphycus helvolus | Encyrtidae | Parasitoid wasp | Coccidae |
Neoseiulus cucumeris | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Thysanoptera (Frankliniella occidentalis, Thrips tabaci) |
Orius laevigatus | Anthocoridae | Predatory bug | Thripidae (Frankliniella occidentalis, Thrips tabaci) |
Orius majusculus | Anthocoridae | Predatory bug | Thripidae (Frankliniella occidentalis, Thrips tabaci) |
Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita | Phasmarhabditidae | Parasitic nematode | Slugs |
Praon volucre | Braconidae | Parasitoid wasp | Aphididae |
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | Aphidoidea |
Phytoseiulus persimilis | Phytoseiidae | Predatory mite | Tetranychidae (Tetranychus urticae) |
Rhizobius lophantae | Coccinellidae | Predatory beetle | |
Rhizophagus grandis | Rhizophagidae | Predatory beetle | Dendroctonus micans |
Sphaerophoria ruepellii | Syrphidae | Predatory hoverfly | |
Steinernema carpocapsae | Steinernematidae | pathogenic nematode | Sciaridae, soil-borne insects, vine weevils (Otiorhynchus spp.) |
Steinernema feltiae | Steinernematidae | pathogenic nematode | Melolonthidae, Sciaridae etc. |
Steinernema kraussei | Steinernematidae | pathogenic nematode | Otiorhynchus sulcatus |
Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles) | Laelapidae | Predatory mite | Fungus gnats (Bradysia spp.), Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) |
Trichogramma evanescens | Trichogrammatidae | Egg parasitoid | Lepidoptera (including on stored products) |
If you wish to apply for a licence in Scotland please email:
If you wish to apply for a licence in Wales please email: