As most farmers will know, the nearer a field is to the coast, the less frosts and cold temperatures it will experience, leading to a higher aphid pressure. The level of wind, rain, light and humidity ...
A single maggot can consume up to 400 aphids before reaching maturation. Once they reach adulthood they keep on eating! Assassin bugs hunt caterpillars, spider mites, and thrips, ambushing them from ...
A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1–3 additional species become extinct every ...
The authors predict 39-148 species will become extinct in 2024, flying in the face of the Australian government’s pledge to prevent all new extinctions. The lead author and professor, John Woinarski, ...