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Introduction

• Purpose and Scope of this Document
• The Need, Status, and Potential for Biological Control

Tutorial

• Insect Biology and Ecology: A Primer
• The Integrated Pest Management Strategy
• Integrated Pest Management Control Tactics
• Biological Control

Natural Enemies
Photographs and information about individual species of natural enemies are presented here.

• Predators Introduction
• Parasitoids Introduction
• Pathogens Introduction
• Weed-feeders Introduction

Glossary

Further Reading
A list of helpful literature about biological control is provided in this section. References used for each species are also listed at the bottom of the relevant pages. This document should not be considered a complete review of the literature. Additional useful information may exist.

Index
The index lists, with links to natural enemies pages, the Latin and common names of natural enemies included in this guide and associated pest species and habitat/crops.

Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America (off site). A list of suppliers and a list of organisms sold in North America. Compiled by Charles D. Hunter, California Enviornmental Protection Agency. If you know of (or learn of in this guide) an organism that will attack a bothersome pest, look here to see where you can obtain the organism.

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