Fruit flies are generally highly susceptible to parasitic wasps, but some have stolen a gene from bacteria that makes them resistant. This adult fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has two cysts (made dark ...
When fields of oilseed rape are exposed to diesel exhaust and/or ozone -- both found in emissions from diesel burning vehicles and industry -- the number of parasitic insects available to control ...
AMES, Iowa – Sometimes an entomologist has to fight fire with fire. Or bugs with bugs, as the case may be. Iowa State University entomologists are studying the possibility of combating soybean aphids, ...
BROOKINGS, S.D. -- South Dakota State University researchers put out tiny Asian parasitic wasps at a dozen sites across eastern South Dakota this year to see if they have an impact on soybean aphids.
Soybean aphids beware: Binodoxys communis may be coming to a field near you. Binodoxys communis, a wasp that is one-twenty-fifth of an inch in size, feast on soybean aphids, each stinging 50 to 100 ...