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A Pocket Guide to Common Natural Enemies of Nursery Crops and Garden Pests in the Pacific Northwest

Learn how to identify some common insects that prey on garden pests. See what they look like at various life stages, and learn how to encourage beneficial insects in your garden or nursery. Print this pocket guide on letter-size paper and cut pages as indicated to make a booklet.

Melissa Scherr, Robin Rosetta, Lloyd Nackley | Mar 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

New OSU volunteer program tackles statewide native bee inventory

the Master Melittologist program intensively trains volunteers on the meticulous work of locating and cataloging the bees that no one has seen before.

Kym Pokorny | Dec 18, 2020 | News story

Awareness is key to avoiding yellowjackets

Yellowjackets are a fact of outdoor life during the summer and fall in Oregon. While they are beneficial to the environment, their painful sting poses a hazard to people. Here's how to avoid them.

Amanda Brenner, Lauren Grand | Aug 2020 | Article

Black and white beetle identification?

Q: I live in Gresham and have noticed bugs on my three dogwood trees. I tried to do an internet search and think they might be Caligripha beetles? I am including a photo. There are also many small white grub looking ...

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WSU Orchard Pest Management Online

IPM concepts, direct pests, indirect pests, and beneficial insects.

Washington State University | Aug 2018 | Online resource

Samurai wasp takes on brown marmorated stink bug

Invasive pest may have met its match

Kym Pokorny | Jun 2, 2017 | News story

Samurai wasp: Promising egg parasitoid for management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)

The samurai wasp (Trissolcus japonicus) is a parasitoid that attacks the eggs of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), making it a potential candidate for managing this significant threat to commercial agriculture ...

David Lowenstein, Chris Hedstrom, Nik Wiman, Heather Andrews, Richard Hilton, Clive Kaiser, Jana Lee, Vaughn Walton | Apr 2017 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Is it warm enough to release ladybugs?

Q: We have an infestation of lady bugs upstairs in our house. Am I helping them by collecting them and taking them outside or will they just die because it's too cold?

OSU Extension Service

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