Stewart, Doug,
Good Bugs Gone Bad. Doug Stewart. - National Wildlife, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 39, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Good Bugs Gone Bad, Aug./Sept. 2005; pp. 24-32.
"Just as an exotic plant can turn invasive when freed from the enemies that kept it in check back home, so too can an exotic biocontrol insect run amuck itself in the absence of the predators and competitors it evolved with." (NATIONAL WILDLIFE) This article examines how species introduced into the United States to control another species can, themselves, run out of control.
1522-3264;
Argentine ant
Asian longhorned beetle
Beetles
Fire ants
Gypsy moth
Insects
Insects as biological pest control agents
Invasive plants
Ladybugs
Termites
Wasps
Whiteflies
AC1.S5
050
Good Bugs Gone Bad. Doug Stewart. - National Wildlife, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 39, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Good Bugs Gone Bad, Aug./Sept. 2005; pp. 24-32.
"Just as an exotic plant can turn invasive when freed from the enemies that kept it in check back home, so too can an exotic biocontrol insect run amuck itself in the absence of the predators and competitors it evolved with." (NATIONAL WILDLIFE) This article examines how species introduced into the United States to control another species can, themselves, run out of control.
1522-3264;
Argentine ant
Asian longhorned beetle
Beetles
Fire ants
Gypsy moth
Insects
Insects as biological pest control agents
Invasive plants
Ladybugs
Termites
Wasps
Whiteflies
AC1.S5
050