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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Killer Bugs Made Welcome on Green Farms


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Wasps, flies, and ladybugs are among the natural pest predators being enticed to live on farms to serve as powerful, sustainable weapons against crop destruction.

Above, a syrphid fly larva munches on cabbage aphids, the bane of many a broccoli plant.

Photograph courtesy Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer