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	Manage Insects on Your Farm Acknowledgments Introduction Table of Contents How Ecologically Based Pest Management Works Principles of Ecologically Based Pest Management Identification Key to Major Beneficials and Pests Predators Parasitoids Pests Managing Soils to Minimize Crop Pests Beneficial Agents on the Farm Putting it all Together Resources


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	Manage Insects On Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies

Key to Major Beneficials and Pests
Parasitoids

Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

Pteromalid ecto-parasitoid

(Catolaccus grandis)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae

Ichneumonid wasp

(Glypta spp.)

Photo by Edward Holsten

Hymenoptera: Scelionidae

Scelionid wasp

Photo by Richard Leung

Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

Eulophid wasp

Photo by Richard Leung

Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

Chalcid wasp

Photo by Richard Leung

Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae

Encyrtid wasp

Photo by Richard Leung

Hymenoptera: Braconidae

Braconid wasp

(Peristenus digoneutis)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Diptera: Tachinidae

Tachinid fly

Photo by Debbie Roos

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