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Manage Insects on Your Farm

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Table of Contents

How Ecologically Based Pest Management Works

Principles of Ecologically Based Pest Management

Identification Key to Major Beneficials and Pests

Predators
Parasitoids
Pests

Managing Soils to Minimize Crop Pests

Beneficial Agents on the Farm

Putting it all Together

Resources




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Manage Insects On Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies

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Key to Major Beneficials and Pests

Predators
Coleoptera: Staphylinidae

Rove Beetle

(Nudobius lentus)
Photo by Jiri Hulcr
Coleoptera: Carabidae
Pendunculate ground beetle
(Pasimachus depressus)
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw
Coleoptera: Carabidae
Ground beetle
(Calosoma sycophanta)
Photo by Debbie Waters
Coleoptera: Melyridae
Soft-winged flower beetle
Photo by Vincent J. Hickey, MD
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Sevenspotted lady beetle
(Coccinella septempunctata)
Photo by Russ Ottens
Coleoptera: Cantharidae
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
(Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Dermaptera: Labiduridae
Earwig
Photo by Richard Leung
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly
Photo by Vincent J. Hickey, MD
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly on aster
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Predatory rough-shield stink bug
(Brochymena spp.)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Spined soldier bug
(Podisus maculiventris)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Predatory stink bug nymph
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Nadibae
Damsel bug
(Nabis alternatus)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae
Big-eyed bug with whitefly
(Geocoris spp.)
Photo by Jack, Kykinga, USDA ARS
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Leafhopper assassin bug
(Zelus renardii)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Assassin bug
(Apiomerus crassipes)
Photo by Richard Leung
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Striped Bug
(Pselliopus cinctus)
Photo by Richard Leung
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Adult minute pirate bug
(Orius tristicolor)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Pirate bug
(Orius spp.)
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Minute pirate bug nymph
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Orthoptera: Mantidae
Praying mantid nymph on
coneflower eating a fly
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Green lacewing larva
(Chrysoperla rufilabris)
Photo by Jack Dykinga, USDA ARS
Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Green lacewing adult
(Chrysoperla carnea)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC

 

 


 

 

 

 
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