IISc professor highlights the ecological benefits of wasps as effective pest predators in sustainable pest control strategies ...

While it’s exciting that temperatures are beginning to climb and we’re inching toward warmer weather, the spring and summer seasons approaching also signals the natural increase of active insects. One ...

In the summer it’s common to open your doors and windows wide to let the fresh air in, but in doing so you could be encouraging a few unwelcome guests. Wasps are one pest I prefer to keep out, and in ...

Open door and windows to let it out, or catch it with a glass and paper to release outside. If you find more than one wasp per week in your house, call a pest control professional. Nobody wants an ...

What good are wasps? It’s a question we hear all the time. And, let’s face it, wasps are routinely demonised. They interrupt picnics (they love beer and fruit as much as we do). Their sting can be ...

Invisible to the naked eye, harmless to humans, and a natural enemy of pest insects, parasitic wasps roam the landscape in search of an unsuspecting host in which to lay their eggs. In addition to ...

Parasitic wasps kill pest insects, but their existence is largely unknown to the public. Now, scientists have sequenced the genomes of three parasitoid wasp species, revealing many features that could ...

Gardeners who plant pollinator friendly gardens also get a bonus — insects that our allies in pest control — insect predators and parasites. We like to refer to them as "beneficials" or "good guys." ...

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