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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
Pests

Hymenoptera: Aphidae

Green peach aphid

(Myzus persicae)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Tetranychidae: Acari

Two spotted spider mite

(Tetranychus urticae)

Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC

Hemiptera: Pentatomidae

Green stink bug nymph

(Acrosternum hilare)

Photo by Russ Ottens

Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae

Colorado potato beetle

(Peptinotarsa decemlineata)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Hemiptera: Miridae

Alfalfa plant bug

(Adelphocoris lineolatus)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Hemiptera: Miridae

Tarnished plant bug

(Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois))

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae

Striped cucumber beetle

(Acalymma vittatu)

Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS

Lepidoptera: Noctuidae

Fall armyworm parasitized

by chalcid wasp

Photo by Debbie Roos

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