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  1. Look! Cinnabar moth!

    Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back in the 1940s.

    I collected four caterpillars and fed them on pahokoraka leaves until they pupated on 16 January. I put them on some scrunched up newsprint in a plastic container and put that outside in a shaded area of our garden. Today, three adult moths emerged.

    They're day-flying moths which retain the poisons of their host plants and advertise that to would-be predators with their bright colours,

    inaturalist.nz/observations/32

    #mothodon #moths #nz #Christchurch #BiologicalControl

  2. Look! Cinnabar moth!

    Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back in the 1940s.

    I collected four caterpillars and fed them on pahokoraka leaves until they pupated on 16 January. I put them on some scrunched up newsprint in a plastic container and put that outside in a shaded area of our garden. Today, three adult moths emerged.

    They're day-flying moths which retain the poisons of their host plants and advertise that to would-be predators with their bright colours,

    inaturalist.nz/observations/32

    #mothodon #moths #nz #Christchurch #BiologicalControl

  3. Look! Cinnabar moth!

    Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back in the 1940s.

    I collected four caterpillars and fed them on pahokoraka leaves until they pupated on 16 January. I put them on some scrunched up newsprint in a plastic container and put that outside in a shaded area of our garden. Today, three adult moths emerged.

    They're day-flying moths which retain the poisons of their host plants and advertise that to would-be predators with their bright colours,

    inaturalist.nz/observations/32

    #mothodon #moths #nz #Christchurch #BiologicalControl

  4. Look! Cinnabar moth!

    Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back in the 1940s.

    I collected four caterpillars and fed them on pahokoraka leaves until they pupated on 16 January. I put them on some scrunched up newsprint in a plastic container and put that outside in a shaded area of our garden. Today, three adult moths emerged.

    They're day-flying moths which retain the poisons of their host plants and advertise that to would-be predators with their bright colours,

    inaturalist.nz/observations/32

    #mothodon #moths #nz #Christchurch #BiologicalControl

  5. Look! Cinnabar moth!

    Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back in the 1940s.

    I collected four caterpillars and fed them on pahokoraka leaves until they pupated on 16 January. I put them on some scrunched up newsprint in a plastic container and put that outside in a shaded area of our garden. Today, three adult moths emerged.

    They're day-flying moths which retain the poisons of their host plants and advertise that to would-be predators with their bright colours,

    inaturalist.nz/observations/32

    #mothodon #moths #nz #Christchurch #BiologicalControl

  6. New publication: Microbial interactions influence the chemical defense of wild and cultivated #tomato species. #biologicalcontrol #domestication
    doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-015

  7. New publication: Microbial interactions influence the chemical defense of wild and cultivated #tomato species. #biologicalcontrol #domestication
    doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-015

  8. New publication: Microbial interactions influence the chemical defense of wild and cultivated #tomato species. #biologicalcontrol #domestication
    doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-015

  9. Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

    #BiologicalControl #IntroducedSpecies #ParasitoidWasp #Biocontrol #EcosystemServices #Horticulture #AgriculturalEntomology #Entomology

  10. Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

    #BiologicalControl #IntroducedSpecies #ParasitoidWasp #Biocontrol #EcosystemServices #Horticulture #AgriculturalEntomology #Entomology

  11. Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

    #BiologicalControl #IntroducedSpecies #ParasitoidWasp #Biocontrol #EcosystemServices #Horticulture #AgriculturalEntomology #Entomology

  12. Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

    #BiologicalControl #IntroducedSpecies #ParasitoidWasp #Biocontrol #EcosystemServices #Horticulture #AgriculturalEntomology #Entomology

  13. Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

    #BiologicalControl #IntroducedSpecies #ParasitoidWasp #Biocontrol #EcosystemServices #Horticulture #AgriculturalEntomology #Entomology

  14. Ultimately, what does this mean for UK biocontrol? It may mean that we will see a smaller species richness of aphid parasitoids active on some farms, which may or may not affect our ability to control aphids. We'll have to see what happens. [12/]

    #Biocontrol #BiologicalControl #Horticulture #Aphids

  15. Ultimately, what does this mean for UK biocontrol? It may mean that we will see a smaller species richness of aphid parasitoids active on some farms, which may or may not affect our ability to control aphids. We'll have to see what happens. [12/]

    #Biocontrol #BiologicalControl #Horticulture #Aphids

  16. Ultimately, what does this mean for UK biocontrol? It may mean that we will see a smaller species richness of aphid parasitoids active on some farms, which may or may not affect our ability to control aphids. We'll have to see what happens. [12/]

    #Biocontrol #BiologicalControl #Horticulture #Aphids

  17. Ultimately, what does this mean for UK biocontrol? It may mean that we will see a smaller species richness of aphid parasitoids active on some farms, which may or may not affect our ability to control aphids. We'll have to see what happens. [12/]

    #Biocontrol #BiologicalControl #Horticulture #Aphids

  18. Ultimately, what does this mean for UK biocontrol? It may mean that we will see a smaller species richness of aphid parasitoids active on some farms, which may or may not affect our ability to control aphids. We'll have to see what happens. [12/]

    #Biocontrol #BiologicalControl #Horticulture #Aphids

  19. #Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582

  20. #Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582

  21. #Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582

  22. #Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582

  23. #Invasive alien plants have significant negative impacts on #agriculture and #ecosystems. Assessment of the main environmental #weeds which should be targeted in Europe for classical #BiologicalControl - article in Weed Research (2023, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 218-231) by Vincent Lesieur and others - doi.org/10.1111/wre.12582

  24. RT @IBMAgl: #AgriOutlook -Brilliant presentation by @ursnigglifibl about #Agroecology,importance of holistic approach using #croprotation,diversified crops,working with nature,digitalization & technologies e.g #biologicalcontrol.We need more for #farmers. #biocontrol #EUDefinition #fasttrack

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EUAgri/status

  25. RT @EPPO_efficacy: The 15th Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel on Biological Control Agents is being held just now in Paris. Ms Ewa Matyjaszczyk participates in the meeting to make connection between the EPPO work on #PlantProtection Products and #BiologicalControl
    #biocontrol #pesticides #beneficials #BCA #IPM

    🐦🔗: nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1