Principal | Example |
|---|
Use a herbivore
to control weeds | Cactoblastis moth larvae to control prickly pear.
 About the moth
Biological control of the moth |
Use a carnivore
to control a
herbivorous pest | Ladybirds controlling aphids.
About Ladybirds
Ladybirds as biological control agents |
Use a parasite
to control its
host | Encarsaria (a wasp) controlling glasshouse whitefly.
About the insect
More images |
Disrupt a breeding
cycle of a pest | Release of sterilized males to control the screw worm parasite in cattle. |
Control the behaviour of a pest | Sex attractant pheromones to attract apple codling moths. |
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