are beloved by beneficial garden insects, including ladybugs, parasitic wasps, and syrphid flies. The larvae of syrphid flies ...

It feeds readily on a number of different insects and mites, completes development and increases its population on at least 4 economically injurious pests of citrus, and completes a life cycle in less ...

Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible for citrus greening. While the genetically edited tree has only been ...

WHAT: UCR entomologists will release Tamarixia radiata, a tiny parasitic wasp that lays eggs in Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) nymphs. The larvae eat the ACP nymphs, killing them, and emerge as adults ...

Predator, parasite, and parasitoid insects provide top-down management ... insect – was accidently introduced into California citrus groves from Australia (Grafton-Cardwell & Gu 2003).