“It’s setting a thief to catch a thief,” said Dr Martin Hill, head of Centre for Biological Control and entomology professor at Rhodes University. He was explaining how tiny insects imported from ...

Vegalab (vegalab.com) is a company that has developed biopesticides that highlight a select group of plant and fungal extracts for their pest control properties. Biological control, where compounds ...

Japanese beetles and cucumber beetles are another widespread challenge in Northeast Ohio. Adult beetles skeletonize leaves and flowers, but the best opportunity for control comes when they are ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 107, No. 1 (2024), pp. 1-8 (8 pages) Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is a recently released biological control agent for one of the most ...

The biological control of fruit fly parasitoids represents a pivotal approach in integrated pest management, targeting the regulation of economically significant fruit fly populations through the ...

A review suggests that the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae is likely to be the best classical biological control from the Americas against the devastating fall armyworm pest. A review, conducted by ...