Preface
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Part 1: Beneficial Insect Ecology
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1.????? Pest Control with Beneficial Insects
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What are Beneficial Insects? ~ Pest Control and Farming ~ Enhancing
Beneficial Insect Populations ~ Approaches to Biocontrol ~ Common
Predators and Parasitoids: Their Habitat and Prey
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2.????? Why Farm with Native Beneficial Insects?
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Pest Control ~ Benefits beyond Pest Control ~ Case Study: Pest
Management in Washington State Vineyards ~ Case Study:
Milkweed, Stink Bugs, and Georgia Cotton
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3.????? Evaluating Beneficial Insect Habitat
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Habitat Essentials ~ Farm Practices Checklist ~ Case Study:
Beneficial Insects Save Christmas
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Part 2: Improving Beneficial Insect Habitat
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4.????? Designing New Beneficial Insect Habitat
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What Beneficial Insects Need ~ Habitat Size and Location ~
Wildflower Selection
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5.????? Native Plant Field Borders
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Establishing Borders from Seed ~ Site Preparation ~ Seeding ~ Long-Term
Maintenance ~ Sample Seed Mixes for Native Plant Field Borders
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6.????? Insectary Strips
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Perennials or Annuals? ~ Plant Insectary Strips ~ Case Study:
An Insectary Seed Mix for New Mexico Pumpkins ~ Sample
Insectary Seed Mixes
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7.????? Hedgerows
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Installing a New Hedgerow ~ Revitalizing Old Fencerows ~Sample
Hedgerow Plant Mixes ~ Case Study: Hedgerows on California Central Valley Farms
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8.????? Cover Crops
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Species Selection ~ Establishing a Cover Crop ~ Case Study:
A Better Farm for Beneficials
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9.????? Conservation Buffers
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Contour Buffer Strips ~ Grassed Waterways ~ Riparian Buffers
and Filter Strips ~ Shelterbelts and Windbreaks ~ Organic Farm Buffers ~
Case Study: Buffer Strips for Soybean Aphid Control
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10.? Beetle Banks and Other Shelters
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Beetle Banks ~ Tunnel Nests ~ Wasp Shelters ~ Brush Piles ~
Insect Hotels ~ Case Study: Banking on Beetles in Oregon
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Part 3: Managing Beneficial Insect Habitat
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11.? Reducing Pesticide Impacts
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If You Must Use Pesticides ~ Pesticide Selection ~ Microbial Insecticides
and Nematodes ~ Alternatives to Pesticides ~ Controlling Spray Drift ~
Case Study: Designing Windbreaks to Limit Pesticide Drift ~ Case Study:
Biological Mite Control in Pennsylvania Apple Orchards
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12.? Long-Term Habitat Management
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Disking, Mowing, and Burning ~ Grazing ~ Rotating Habitat
Disturbance ~ Interseeding Wildflowers ~ Case Study: Beneficial
Insect Habitat on an Oklahoma Farm and Ranch
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Part 4: Common Beneficial Insects and Their Kin
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??????????????????????? PREDATORY INSECTS
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??????????????????????? Assassin Bugs, Ambush Bugs
??????????????????????? Big-Eyed Bugs
??????????????????????? Damsel Bugs
??????????????????????? Minute Pirate Bugs, Insidious Flower Bugs
??????????????????????? Predatory Stink Bugs
??????????????????????? Mantids
??????????????????????? Green Lacewings, Brown Lacewings
??????????????????????? Checkered Beetles
??????????????????????? Firefly Beetles, Fireflies, Lightning Bugs
??????????????????????? Ground Beetles
??????????????????????? Tiger Beetles
??????????????????????? Lady Beetles, Lady Bugs, Ladybird Beetles
??????????????????????? Soft-Winged Flower Beetles
??????????????????????? Soldier Beetles
??????????????????????? Rove Beetles
??????????????????????? Flower Flies, Hover Flies
??????????????????????? Predatory Wasps
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??????????????????????? PARASITOIDS
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??????????????????????? Parasitoid Wasps
??????????????????????? Scarab-Hunting Wasps
??????????????????????? Tachinid Flies
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??????????????????????? NONINSECT BENEFICIAL PREDATORS
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??????????????????????? Jumping Spiders, Wolf Spider, Orb Weaver Spiders,
??????????????????????????????? Sheet-Weaving Spiders
??????????????????????? Harvestmen
??????????????????????? Predatory Mites
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Part 5: Plants for Conservation Biocontrol
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??????????????????????? Native Wildflowers
??????????????????????? Native Flowering Trees and Shrubs
??????????????????????? Native Grasses
??????????????????????? Cover Crops and Nonnative Insectary Plants
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Part 6: Appendix
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??????????????????????? Additional Resources
??????????????????????? About the Authors
??????????????????????? The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
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Index
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