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Anthropod Predators And Insect Pest Control
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Insect pests are those insect species that are injurious or a nuisance. They cause injury or damage to crops in the field and grains in storage. Man and his domesticated animals are also attacked by insect pests. Arthropod predators belong to the phylum Arthropoda and are most times beneficial in the control of insect pests. Arthropod predators are members of the phylum Arthropoda which capture and feed on the prey. They are generally larger than their prey and kill or consume many prey during their life time. Examples of arthropod predators include the lady beetles, spiders, praying mantids, damsel bugs, lace wings, syrphid flies etc. They can feed on insect pests like aphids, moths, mites, butterflies, brown plant hoppers etc. These arthropod predators have been very effective in some cases of biological control programes of insect pests. Examples include the use of the cocinellid beetle, Radolia cardinalis (a lady bird beetle) to control the cottony-cushion scale, Icerya purchasi (a scale insect) which was a citrus pest in carlifornia, U.S.A. also wolf spiders have been effectively used to control the rice pest (the brown plant hoppers) in Indonesia.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTION Arthropod species occur
from below the soil surface to the tree canopy. However, only a small
fraction are observed on a frequent basis because many are microscopic
or hidden below ground or plant tissue. Very few species are classified
as pest. Whether they feed on plants or plant produce invade our homes,
inflict painful bites or stings. Infect most insects and other
arthropods are beneficial and serve a variety of important functions ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTION Arthropod species occur
from below the soil surface to the tree canopy. However, only a small
fraction are observed on a frequent basis because many are microscopic
or hidden below ground or plant tissue. Very few species are classified
as pest. Whether they feed on plants or plant produce invade our homes,
inflict painful bites or stings. Infect most insects and other
arthropods are beneficial and serve a variety of important functions ... Continue reading---
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