Author: C. L. MetcalfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Destructive and Useful Insects
Author: C. L. MetcalfAttracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, Revised and Updated Second Edition
Author: Jessica WalliserPublisher:
ISBN: 0760371717
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, you'll learn how to fill your garden with the right plants to support the beneficial predatory insects that control common garden pests.
Helpful and Harmful Insects
Author: Molly AloianPublisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778723417
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Examines both helpful and harmful insects.
Friends of the Rice Farmer
Author: B. M. ShepardPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711041626
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Introduction; Predators; Parasites; Pathogens.
Good Garden Bugs
Author: Mary GardinerPublisher:
ISBN: 1592539092
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Your guide to the beneficial insects in your garden! Good Garden Bugs is an easy-to-follow reference to beneficial insects that provide pest control, allowing your garden to grow full and bountiful. Aphids, caterpillars, grubs, and slugs are not only creepy-crawlies, they can wreak havoc on your garden and plants. But fear not! You don't need dangerous chemicals to enjoy a lively, healthy garden. The secret? More lady beetles, fewer aphids! Wildlife in your garden--especially insects--can be natural pesticide alternatives. From mantids to beetles to wasps, spiders, and everything in between, entomologist Mary Gardiner tells you how to identify these beneficial bugs, how to enhance your home landscape as a habitat, and how to work with them to grow and enjoy your garden.
Predators and Parasitoids
Author: Opender KoulPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203302567
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Their natural enemies largely determine the population size and dynamic behavior of many plant-eating insects. Any reduction in enemy number can result in an insect outbreak. Applied biological control is thus one strategy for restoring functional biodiversity in many agroecosystems. Predators and Parasitoids addresses the role of natural enemies i
Wasps
Author: Heather HolmPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991356317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
WASPS is the first full-color, illustrated guide featuring approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps that occur in eastern North America, and the specific native plants and habitat each species depends upon. Written with an ecological lens, this richly-illustrated book details wasp diversity and has full-page profiles for each wasp species that include identification tips, geographic range maps, biology, prey, natural history and habitat. Five introductory chapters cover wasp taxonomy, nesting biology, prey-hunting behaviors, diet, anatomy, as well as wasp habitat enhancement and management, and the ecosystem services provided by wasps-insect pest population control and pollination. Profiles of each wasp species comprise the major part of the book and are organized by family, showcasing twelve families and sixty-eight wasp genera. Also included are eastern North American regional native plant guides, tips on wasp observation, and over 1000 stunning photographs. This is an essential book for conservationists, naturalists, insect enthusiasts, biologists, nature photographers, native plant aficionados, and anyone interested in beneficial insects and pollinators.
Good Bugs for Your Garden
Author: Allison Mia StarcherPublisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565127471
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Anyone who gardens knows how snails, aphids, scale insects, and caterpillars can damage vegetables, flowers, shrubs, and trees. But not many of us know that ground beetles eat caterpillars, not plants; that dragonflies feed on mosquitoes; that parasitic wasps prey on tomato hornworms. In this delightful guide to the world of beneficial insects, Starcher, an artist and avid gardener, shows us how to identify the "good guys" and encourage them to reside in our gardens. "Altogether delightful."--Newark Star-Ledger; "A fact-filled, charmingly illustrated guide."--American Bookseller. A GARDEN BOOK CLUB selection.
Texas Bug Book
Author: Malcolm BeckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beneficial insects
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide photographs and information about insects, mites, and spiders commonly found in Texas, discussing the appearance, biology and life cycle, habitat, feeding habits, economic importance, and natural and organic control of each bug.
What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life
Author: Gilbert WALDBAUERPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674044746
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how insects work in ecosystems--what they do, how they live, and how they make life as we know it possible. Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, describing the intriguing and sometimes amazing behavior of these tiny creatures. As entertaining as it is informative, this charmingly illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life.