Spring can be a busy time in our gardens. The emerging green shoots and blooming bulbs always lift the spirits, and there's ...
Birds aren't partial to them, and although some predatory wasps and flies have been imported, their population isn't large ...
Studying C. maculate-D. coccinellae interactions in the lab, Dheilly and her colleagues found that the onset of beetle behavioral modification occurred long after the bite and oviposition by the wasp.
As the invasive pest continues to do damage to vast swaths of local farmers coffee farms, agricultural officials are proposing the use of a parasitoid wasp to control the beetle. — Photo ...