Question: We always have spider mites on our flowering garden phlox and a few other perennials in the summer. The leaves look speckled with tiny pin-pricks of white, and we can see their webs on the ...

The William & Mary greenhouse has started a new program to limit the use of chemicals by relying on predatory insects for pest control. It’s the biological equivalent of fighting fire with fire ⁠— and ...

The federal government has approved an experiment to release almost 2,000 genetically altered mites on a test field at the University of Florida. The experiment, which began Thursday, is the first ...

For plant-inhabiting predatory mites, living among familiar neighbors reduces stress. This allows individuals to focus on other tasks and be more productive, in particular while they are foraging. The ...

As concern over chemical use in food production grows and insect species become more resistant to poisons, farmers are turning to nature for solutions to pests that can cripple crop production.

Carnivorous arthropods exhibit complex intraspecific and interspecific behaviour among themselves when they share the same niche or habitat and food resources. They should simultaneously search for ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Dec., 2009), pp. 554-562 (9 pages) The predatory mite Phytoseiulus macropilis Banks (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is native to Florida. Some biology and ecology of ...

Giuditta Beretta uses predatory mites to wage biowar on thrips, common pests that plague the beloved tulips of the Netherlands. Even in a pandemic, my thrips come first. I worried more about these ...

A helicopter-style drone is being used in the war against mites that suck the goodness out of growing crops. Aerobugs, a business run by former strawberry grower Nathan Roy, has taken off after Mr Roy ...