Parasitoid Wasps Hot on the Tail of Dreaded Fruit Pest

Multiple market drivers and building demand might propel the global beneficial insects market to a billion-dollar industry.

Surprise discovery of unique insect-killing nematode species could help protect crops without pesticides.

Colorado producers bring beneficial insects to the front line in their fight against bindweed, thistle, and more.

Researchers caution the same ultraviolet technology used to control twospotted spider mite also can damage eggs of beneficial mites.

One orchard’s bane is another’s beneficial. Such is the case with this insect.

Growers in Michigan are wondering whether it’s Trichogramma minutum or T. platneri. Hint: It’s kind of a trick question.

Can you spot them? Here’s how growers can distinguish between good bugs and bad bugs.

More than a decade in the making, scientists are set to release a tiny wasp that controls a highly destructive fruit fly.

Rothert Farm Inc., a conventional grower, uses only biocontrols to manage insects at its Florida location.

Scientists employ a combination of biopesticides and predatory mites to effectively thwart chilli thrips from carrying away your crop.

Microscopic worms have a taste for some of the fruit’s nastiest pests.

Learn more about a unique release system for STARSKii predatory mites that takes the changing climate into account.

Here are the details you need to select chemistries you’ll want to add to your production mix.

Learn how regenerative farming helps protect crops while providing additional benefits.

See how predatory insects are helping protect crops the natural way.

Meteorologists across Southern California spotted a large storm-like signal on their radars that made no sense. The weather at the time was calm. It turns out the “storm” was actually a massive ladybug swarm.

Cornell researchers study new biocontrol agent aimed to help control spread of the notorious pest.

Soil-nesting wasp could be natural enemy of brown marmorated stink bug.

Projects to promote beneficial organisms as part of a pest control strategy.