This small, but highly efficient parasitoid lays an egg inside a codling moth egg. Secondary hosts include OFM and LAW eggs.
This ectoparasitoid attacks leafroller larvae older than 3rd instar.
C. florus is a gregarious ectoparasitoid, meaning that several offspring develop on a single host larva, in this case a Pandemis leafroller.
This parasitoid attacks cocooned last instar codling moth larvae.
Tachinids are a large group of natural enemies with more than a 1000 species in North America and have a broader host range than parasitic wasps.
This tachinid fly is very adapt at locating host larvae in orchards.
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Enhancing Western Orchard Biological Control (EWOBC) is a collaborative SCRI project between Washington State University (lead institution), USDA-ARS, Oregon State University, and the University of California at Berkeley. The team is focused on ways to improve the stability of IPM programs in apple, pear, and walnut orchards, by enhancing biological control. Our team includes six entomologists, an insect geneticist, an economist, an extension specialist, and a sociologist.
Short Course
A 2-Day interactive short course about natural enemies and novel tools to maximize biological control was held Washington and Oregon in February 2012. For those that missed this event, the workbook is now available to download. Although focused on apple and pear orchard systems, the information presented in the course content is relevant to most perennial cropping systems. more info>>