Content related to the topic: pests

Learn about the identification and life cycle of long-legged flies.

Balloon and dagger flies can predate many field pests, including aphids and thrips.

Dance flies are predators of aphids and midges and can be encouraged in field crops.

Learn about dung flies and how to encourage them.

Learn about the diversity of gall midges and how some can be used as natural enemies.

Find out how to encourage hoverflies as natural enemies of field pests.

Learn to identify and know the benefits of encouraging lacewings.

Various Hymenoptera species are important as natural enemies of field pests.

Find out about the identification, life cycle, benefits and how to encourage parasitic wasps and parasitoids.

Learn about the biology of spiders and mites and how to encourage them in field crops.

Find out how to identify and control weevils to prevent direct and indirect yield losses.

Follow the 'SAFE' approach to encourage beneficial organisms as part of an integrated pest management strategy.