Associates Insectary

Associates Insectary is the oldest commerical insectary in the United States and a pioneer in Sustainable Pest Management, operating with the same sustainable farming principles for more than 80 years.
A grower-owned cooperative founded in 1928, Associates Insectary provides complete Integrated Pest Management Services to California's Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, where the use of beneficial predators like Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Anagyrus pseudococci, Aphytis melinus, Neoseiulus californicus, and Rumina decollata has helped to greatly reduce the amount of pesticides needed to produce high quality crops in our area.
Over two million beneficial organisms are produced at our Santa Paula facility each day, and while most of the beneficials that we produce are used by our Grower-Members, significant quantities are regularly shipped to locations throughout the United States and internationally. We are the only producer of Mealybug Destroyer beetles in the United States – other companies ship theirs in from outside the U.S.