Cdfa biological control program

This video clip shows the carabid beetle Laemostenus complanatus feeding on BMSB eggs almost entirely at night; it is one of the most common and effective predators of BMSB eggs across urban study sites in Northern California Pickett et al.

This imaging tool is providing greater resolution on the importance of generalist predators and can be extended to other pest systems.

Psyttalia ponerophaga Silvestri, searching for Olive Fruit Fly larvae. Camera setup for monitoring predators and parasitoids of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug eggs in situ. More information. Preparing to monitor water hyacinth for biocontrol agent infestation levels. Olive plants growing in large greenhouse in preparation for Olive Psyllid biocontrol trials. Examining parasitoid behavior and infestation levels in the USDA permitted quarantine facility.

TABLE 1. List of active projects for pest weeds and insects. Weeds Target Pest Imported Natural Enemies Inception of Project Yellow star thistle Centaurea solstitialis Ceratapion basicorne Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius Exapion fuscirostre Bruchdius villosus Aceria genstar Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica Aphalara itadori Gorse Ulex europaeus Sericothrips staphylinus Russian knapweed Rhaponticum repens Aulacidea acroptilonica Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Megamelus scutellaris Diffuse knapweed Centaurea diffusa Larinus minutus Bangasternus fausti Sphenoptera jugoslavica Spotted knapweed Centuarea stoebe Larinus minutus Terellia virens Cyphocleonus achates Urophora ffinis Urophora quadrifasciata Giant reed Arundo donax Tetramesa romana Canada thistle Cirsium arvense Hadroplontus litura Pucinnia punctiformis new Salt cedar Tamarix spp.

Braconidae olive psyllid Euphyllurae olivina Psyllaephagus euphyllurae Encyrtidae brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys Trissolcus japonicus Scelionidae cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus Tetrastichus julis Eulophidae bagrada bug Bagrada hilaris Trissolcus spp. Scelionidae Pink hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus Anagyrus kamali Gyranusoidea indica Tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Braconidae Biological Control Sub Menu.

Cards will be placed in or near crop fields and patches of known weed hosts of bagrada bug. They will also be placed on the leaves of nearby host plants. Eggs will be placed at locations during the cole crop production season. Cards will be placed at each location at least two times during the season, from late July to October.

After cards are in the field for 3 to 5 days they will be returned to laboratory, where the number of eggs damaged from predation will be recorded within seven days.

Eggs will be held for an additional 4 to 6 weeks for parasitoid emergence, which will then be identified to species. At least one Dead Inn trap will be placed at each location.