Flickr Most gardeners know that ladybugs and lacewings are welcome visitors. What fewer people realize is how deliberately ...

For 81 years, the Fillmore Insectary has held the line against crop-munching pests, unleashing a small army of beneficial insects to keep the bad bugs at bay. But after decades of battle in local ...

There are “many mouths to feed,” George Keeney says as he stands among the nearly 120 different species of insects and arthropods from around the world that line the walls of the insectary on Ohio ...

STUDY. THIS INSECTARY AT THE BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, SO THE ROUND ONES YOU SEE, CHRISTOPHER GAZETO IS FROM UGANDA, AFRICA. MALARIA IS ONE OF OUR ...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is killing pests dead, without the aid of chemicals. Halfway down a dead-end road in the small farming town of Palisade, Colorado, is the research facility known ...

Organic farms provide habitat for many beneficial organisms, including pollinators and insects that prey upon or parasitize pests. In this article, we focus on creating insectaries – strips of plants ...

These pairings deter destructive pests while welcoming pollinators and other beneficial insects.

The Palisade Insectary has completed a new growhouse that will allow it to greatly expand its ability to produce biocontrol agents, which are supplied to agricultural producers and others across the ...