Transcript Pest and Disease Control Department

Welcome to the Pest and Disease
Control Department
Every place on Earth is an
ecosystem,
including
our club
site.
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In today’s GEN club
adventure, we will
investigate pest and disease
control eco-services…
…on our club site!
Garden Earth
-why is it
green?
Yummy – Lunch!
Ms. Mantis and her Workers
Aphids and
Ladybugs
Ladybug larva
Spiders
Wasps
Wasps- cicada killer
Dr. Chuck Holliday (http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/cicadakillerhome.html)
The bugs- sucking predators!
Beak
Wheel bug
Frogs
Lizards
Let’s learn about Predator and
Prey cycles
Ants: Aphid Protectors!!
Biological Control in Nature & Agriculture:
Wasps
Biological Control:
egg parasitoids
Trichoghramma sp. on Noctuid egg Photo: M. Badgley
Biological Control- fungi
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cee/biocontrol/pathogens/graphics/fungi/fungi17.gif
Biological Control tachinid flies
UC Statewide IPM Project Earl Oatman
How will we learn about the Pest &
Disease Control Department?
• Pitfall traps and Sweepnets
• Edible insects
• Aliens on Your Site!
Threats: Pesticides
• can be effective, but
also have very
negative side effects
• only use when
absolutely necessary
Threats: Invasive Species
Species that are not
native to an area
and that are harmful
to the ecosystem.
Integrated Pest Management
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/insects/g1167.htm
What can you do to help the Pest
& Disease Control Department?
So the next time you find a spider
in your garden, what will you
do???