Web Resources: Biological Control

General Information

Beneficial Insect Fact Sheets

Videos

General Information

Using Planted Habitat on Farms to Increase Insect Biological Control - North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Biological Control Information Center - North Carolina State University

Biological Control Services - North Carolina Department of Agriculture

Manage Insects on Your Farm: a Guide to Ecological Strategies - Sustinable Agriculture Network

Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control - ATTRA

Biointensive Integrated Pest Management Part One - ATTRA

Biointensive Integrated Pest Management Part Two - ATTRA

Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies - Cornell University

Biological Control News - University of Wisconsin

Beneficial Insects - University of Florida

Beneficial Insects and Mites - University of Florida

Natural Enemies and Biological Control - University of Florida

Scouting for Insects, Use of Thresholds and Conservation of Beneficial Insects on Tomatoes - University of Florida

Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers

Biological Control: Approaches and Applications - National IPM Network

Beneficial Insect Fact Sheets

Assassin Bugs and Ambush Bugs - University of Kentucky

• Wheel Bug - University of Florida

Big-eyed Bug - University of Florida

Big-eyed Bug - Cornell University

Damsel Bugs - University of Kentucky

Flower Flies - University of Kentucky

• Flower Flies and Other Biological Control Agents for Aphids in Vegetable Crops - University of California

Ground Beetles - University of Kentucky

• Ground Beetles of Eastern North Carolina Agriculture - North Carolina State University

• Identification of Common Ground Beetles in North Carolina Coastal Plain Agricultural Fields - North Carolina State University

• Lebia grandis (Ground Beetle Predator and Parasitoid of Colorado Potato Beetle) - Cornell University

• Tiger Beetles - University of Kentucky

Insect Parasitic Nematodes - Ohio State University

Lacewings - University of Kentucky

• Brown Lacewings - University of Florida
  
  
• Brown Lacewings - Cornell University
  
  
• Green Lacewing - Cornell University

Lady Beetles - North Carolina State University

• Convergent Lady Beetle - Cornell University
  
  
• Lady Beetles - University of Kentucky
  
  
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - North Carolina State University
  
  
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - USDA
  
  
• Pink Spotted Lady Beetle - Cornell University
  
  
• Seven-spotted Lady Beetle - Cornell University

Minute Pirate Bug and Insidious Flower Bug - Cornell University

Nematodes as Biological Control Agents of Insects - University of Nebraska

Praying Mantids - University of Kentucky

Predatory Stink Bug (Stiretrus anchorago) - University of Florida

Predatory Stink Bug (Euthyrhynchus floridanus) - University of Florida

Robber Flies - University of Kentucky

Rove Beetles - University of Florida

Soldier Beetles - University of Kentucky

Spiders - University of Kentucky

Spined Soldier Bug - University of Florida

Spined Soldier Bug - Cornell University

Using Paper Wasps for Caterpillar Management in the Landscape - North Carolina State University

Videos

Parasitic Wasps Attacking Aphids

Body Invaders: Cotesia glomerata Parasitizing Caterpillar

Hornworm Meets Alien: Braconid Wasps Parasitizing a Hornworm

Praying Mantid Attacking Snake and Hummingbird

This page last updated February 2, 2012.

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