69, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 516-524 (9 pages) Literature citations were used to determine geographical distribution data and parasitization levels from larva colections from corn, alfalfa, three ...

was controlled by Cactoblastis cactorum, a moth (Wilson & Schwarzlaender 2004). Predator, parasite, and parasitoid insects provide top-down management of herbivore populations (Naylor & Ehrlich 1997).

Parasitoid wasps, a megadiverse group within the insect order Hymenoptera, are essential for maintaining ecological balance and pest control. Parasitoids attack and kill an astonishing range of ...

preventing the emergence of adult pest insects from hosts used to mass rear parasitoids – parasites that kill their insect hosts – and assuring the sterility of accompanying pest organisms during ...

I also am interested in the biological control of insect pests, specifically biological control using "parasitoids", small wasps (and flies) that develop on and kill other insects. Parasitoids may ...