Discover carnivorous plants for ecological and professional biocontrol of your crops. Natural solutions against fruit flies, whiteflies, and greenhouse pests. Drosera and Sarracenia for sustainable pe...

I originally studied blood-sucking disease-vectoring mosquitoes. But when I needed a funded PhD, I changed trajectory to sap-sucking disease-vectoring whiteflies. And so, as a young PhD student, I was thrust into a laboratory that loved hemipterans (which we jokingly lorded over all other entomologists, because we studied the one true bugs). In my lab, there were three groups of scientists: the ones who studied leafhoppers, the ones who studied aphids, and the one sole person who studied whiteflies (hi, yes, that was me). So, in my quest to connect with these fellow scientists, I also had to find the passion and love for these little critters. And what is more passionate than sex? Well, it turns out I had picked the wrong organism for that. And I think we humans have a hell of a lot to learn from our six-legged garden friends. When the good times come a rolling, sex is out of the window During favorable conditions, such as the summer months, aphids reproduce through parthenogenesis. This is an asexual process, meaning there is no need for a mate or fertilization. Most importantly, however, this type of reproduction creates all-female generations that are clones of the parent. Another...

I originally studied blood-sucking disease-vectoring mosquitoes. But when I needed a funded PhD, I changed trajectory to sap-sucking disease-vectoring whiteflies. And so, as a young PhD student, I was thrust into a laboratory that loved hemipterans (which we jokingly lorded over all other entomologists, because we studied the one true bugs). In my lab, there were three groups of scientists: the ones who studied leafhoppers, the ones who studied aphids, and the one sole person who studied whiteflies (hi, yes, that was me). So, in my quest to connect with these fellow scientists, I also had to find the passion and love for these little critters. And what is more passionate than sex? Well, it turns out I had picked the wrong organism for that. And I think we humans have a hell of a lot to learn from our six-legged garden friends. When the good times come a rolling, sex is out of the window During favorable conditions, such as the summer months, aphids reproduce through parthenogenesis. This is an asexual process, meaning there is no need for a mate or fertilization. Most importantly, however, this type of reproduction creates all-female generations that are clones of the parent. Another...

Learn how to select insect netting scientifically using thorax width, aperture size, and crop needs. Includes tables, flowcharts, and pest-specific mesh recommendations.