Check out your garden, if you see any of these, high five!!! These are the good guys!! They need the bad guys in order to survive so don’t pray toxic pesticides or you will kill both the good guys and the bad guys and the bad guys will come back faster!
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Ch 6: Biological Control Methods
Biological control is the process of pest management by the use of living organisms that prey on or attack pests. Three important steps are generally required to improve the biological control of pests: Find out which natural enemies are present. Insect zoo To find out who is eating who or what, an “insect zoo” can be set up. […]
Ch 5: Importance of Identification
A key factor in protecting and conserving farmers’ friends is being able to tell friends from enemies. Various studies have shown that many farmers (and also many agricultural professionals) are not good at insect identification and know little about insect biology and behaviour. In vegetable pest management, if farmers cannot distinguish between pests and friends, […]