Pestinfo · @pestinfo
58 followers · 119 posts · Server ecoevo.social
#Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582
#invasive #agriculture #ecosystems #weeds #biologicalcontrol
Alastair Culham · @thebotanist
17 followers · 15 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Putting vaseline around runner bean stems and their support canes keeps ants off the plants so predators can thrive and aphids don't get spread. #gardening #botany #biologicalcontrol
#gardening #botany #biologicalcontrol
IMBE · @imbe
397 followers · 679 posts · Server ecoevo.social
Distribution and #predators of the #invasive #spider #mite #Tetranychus #evansi (#Acari: #Tetranychidae) in the #Syrian coastal region, with first record of predation by the native #Scolothrips #longicornis (#Thysanoptera: #Thripidae) https://doi.org/10.24349/0k8s-gas6 #IMBEpapers #TomatoRedSpiderMite #NaturalEnemies #BiologicalControl #PredatoryInsects #Solanaceae
#predators #invasive #spider #Mite #tetranychus #evansi #Acari #tetranychidae #Syrian #scolothrips #longicornis #thysanoptera #thripidae #imbepapers #tomatoredspidermite #naturalenemies #biologicalcontrol #predatoryinsects #Solanaceae
Pestinfo · @pestinfo
24 followers · 31 posts · Server ecoevo.social
Analysing the effectiveness of different #BiologicalControl methods against agricultural #insect #pests in sub-Saharan Africa - article in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (Dec. 2022, vol. 289, issue 1988) by Fabrizia Ratto and others - https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1695
#biologicalcontrol #insect #pests
AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
75 followers · 952 posts · Server ohai.socialEighty-five new types of wasp among more than 351 species identified in 2022 | The Independent
#Wasps
#NewSpecies
#Frog
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
#Moths
#Beetles
#Moss
#Bryozoans
#TrematodeWorms
#Protists
#BumbleBees
#Flies
#PolychaeteWorms
#Centipede
#ParasiticWasps
#Thrips
#BiologicalControl
#StickInsects
#Gecko
Also discovered was a frog that grows to just eight millimetres in length
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wasps-new-species-discovered-b2253474.html
#wasps #newspecies #frog #naturalhistorymuseum #moths #beetles #moss #bryozoans #trematodeworms #protists #bumblebees #flies #polychaeteworms #centipede #parasiticwasps #thrips #biologicalcontrol #stickinsects #gecko