Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center

Orchard Pest Management Online

OPM Online is based on the book "Orchard Pest Management: A Resource Book for the Pacific Northwest"


Edited by Elizabeth Beers, Jay F. Brunner, Michael J. Willett and Geraldine Warner
With original illustrations by Geraldine Warner
Published 1993 by the Good Fruit Grower, Yakima, WA

Natural Enemies and Beneficial Insects

Predatory Neuroptera

Lacewings
Snakeflies

Lady beetles

Convergent lady beetle, transerve lade beetle, black lady beetle, Scymnus, mealybug destroyer

Predatory flies

Syrphid flies
Cecidomyiid flies
Leucopus spp.

Predatory bugs

Deraeocoris
Camplylomma
Anthocorids
Other predatory bugs

Predatory mites

Typhlodromus occidentalis
Typhlodromus pyri
Zetzellia mali

Predatory thrips

Sixspotted thrips, black hunter thrips

Other predators

Earwigs
Ants
Vespid wasps
Spiders

Parasitic wasps

Ichneumonids
Ascogaster quadridentata
Apanteles sp.
Macrocentrus ancylivorus
Pnigalio flavipes
Colpoclypeus florus

Parasitic wasps (cont.)

Aphelinus mali
Trechnites psyllae
Trichogramma spp.
Anagrus sp
Aphelopus typhlocyba

Parasitic flies

Tachinids

Pollinator

Honeybee

 

 

Orchard Pest Management, is copyrighted by the Washington State Fruit Commission. Soft cover copies are available for purchase.
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