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Beneficial Insects: Trichogramma Wasps Written by John K    Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:38 Tweet Trichogramma Wasp about to lay its eggs in pest eggs. Trichogramma Wasps (pronounced TRICK-oh-gram-uh) Latin Name: Genus Trichogramma (over 230 species ) A pair of wasps laying eggs Why are they beneficial?  This tiny parasitic wasp lays its eggs inside the eggs of pests (moths and butterflies).  Their prey includes eggs of the alafala caterpillar, armyworms (but not... Read more...   Beneficial Insects: Lacewings Written by John K    Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:28 Tweet Lacewing Larva Eating a Caterpillar Lacewings Latin Name: Family Chrysopidae. (Over 85 genera and 2,000 species in the world.) Lacewing Larva Eating an Aphid Why are they beneficial? Larvae feed on soft-bodied pests, mealy bugs, scale, spider mites, thrips, caterpillars, whitefly, leafhoppers, and pest eggs. They LOVE aphids! A larva can eat 100-200 aphids per week. Many... Read more...   Beneficial Insects: Praying Mantis Written by John K    Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:23 Tweet Praying Mantis Eating Grasshopper Latin Name: Order Mantodea. (15 families and over 2,200 species in the world.) Love this image of a Praying Mantis in defense mode... can I get a hallelujah! Why are they beneficial? Adults and nymphs are ferocious general predators.   They eat all insects (and sometimes small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, fish, and... Read more...   Beneficial Insects: Fly Parasites Written by John K    Monday, 13 February 2012 19:36 Tweet Fly Parasite stinging a fly pupa! Fly Parasites Latin Name: Muscidifurax zaraptor, Spanglia spp. (over 340 species in the Muscidifurax genera) The majority of the information available about the Fly Parasite is on M. zaraptor, but most commercial insectaries sell a combination of both. An emerging adult Fly Parasite. Why are they beneficial? These tiny wasps kill fly pupa... Read more...   Beneficial Insects: Ladybugs Written by John K    Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:58 Tweet Ladybug Eating an Aphid Ladybugs aka Ladybirds (if you are in most English speaking areas of the world other than the U.S.), aka Lady Beetles aka Ladybird Beetles Latin Name: Coccinellidea species  (Over 5,000 species in the world.  Over 450 in North America) Why are they beneficial? Adults and larvae feed on soft-bodied pests, mites, and pest eggs. They LOVE aphids! A... Read more...   Monsanto’s Infertility-Linked Roundup Found in All Urine Samples Tested Written by Mike Barrett    Tuesday, 31 January 2012 08:58 Tweet A recent study conducted by a German university found very high concentrations of Glyphosate, a carcinogenic chemical found in herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup, inall urine samples tested. The amount of glyphosate found in the urine was staggering, with each sample containing concentrations at 5 to 20-fold the limit established for drinking water. This is just one... Comments (1) Read more...   Use of spurious pesticides on cotton crop rampant Written by Shaukat Ali Bhambhro    Thursday, 12 January 2012 15:36 Tweet In Pakistan the pesticide business has an annual turnover of around Rs 12 billions to Rs 14 billions and all the pesticides are being imported because the country has yet to progress in this vital field. Out of the total import, about 80 per cent of pesticides are used on cotton which is Pakistan's most valuable cash crop and also the... Read more...   Health Hazards, Environmental Effects and Externalities of Pesticide Use in Pakistan Written by NARC    Wednesday, 11 January 2012 14:28 Tweet 1.      Introduction PESTICIDES have played an important in enhancing crop yields through insect pest control. However, their improper and excessive use has been the cause of serious health hazards. It was in 1962, when Ms Rachel Carson in her classic book “Silent Spring”... Read more...   Debate on imported Bt cotton seed Written by Shakeel Ahmad    Monday, 09 January 2012 15:20 Tweet MULTAN: The farming community of southern Punjab gave a mixed reaction to a Punjab government’s decision to drop a proposal of introducing certified imported seed of Bt cotton in collaboration with Monsanto. Former Speaker and a progressive farmer Syed Fakhar Imam said that the Punjab government should bring this issue for discussion in its committee on food, agriculture... Read more...

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