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Introduction of natural insect predators is one aspect of?
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What is the predators of the lianas?
An insect
What are the natural predators of a black and yellow garden spider?
Natural predators of black and yellow garden spiders include birds, wasps, and some insect-eating mammals like shrews and rodents. These predators may hunt the spiders for food, leading to a decrease in their population in certain areas.
What are the advantages of natural predators helping crops?
Natural predators will keep unwanted insect numbers in balance. However, as most crop systems are monocrops (where a single crop is grown in an area) natural predators are unable to survive and no longer have an affect they use to on pests
Are insect larvae decomposers?
It depends on the species. Insect larvae may be decomposers, predators, herbivores, or parasites.
How can the use of DDT actually boost an insect population?
The selective use of DDT can kill off predators or parasites that control insect populations, leading to an increase in the target insect species. This disruption in the natural balance can result in a population surge.
What are a stick insect's predators?
Stick insects are preyed upon by the praying mantis, lizards such as the chameleon, and insect-eating birds.
What method of controlling undesirable insects involves introducing their natural enemies into the environment?
Commercial, conventional production controls undesirable insects through the use of chemicals. Organic production tries to control them by mechanical, cultural, botanical and organic spray, and biological means. For example, biological controls involve the introduction, or encouragement, of natural enemies in the environment that's being ravaged by the undesirable insect. These enemies are predators, and their prey is the undesirable insect. The predators also are called beneficial insects, for the benefit that they bring of an environment that's back in balance. One of the best known of the predatory, beneficial insects is the ladybug, who is the voracious biological control to the most undesrable aphid.
What veggies do ladybugs like?
They are insect predators-aphids are a staple of their diet.
What are stick insect predators?
Stick insects are preyed upon by the praying mantis, lizards such as the chameleon, and insect-eating birds.
Does an insect's color help keep it safe?
Yes, an insect's color can help keep it safe by providing camouflage against predators or by warning predators of its toxicity. Some insects may also mimic the colors of other insects that are more dangerous to deter predators from attacking them.
What is the beetle's predators?
Ants, fish, frogs, mice, moles, rats, salamanders, shrews, skunks, toads, wasps and woodpeckers are predators of beetles. The exact natural enemy depends upon the precise species of beetle. Members of other and of the same Coleoptera insect order species also number among a beetle's predators.
