Tachinidae (family)

biocontrol

• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Coleoptera (order) · effect: beneficial

  “They are parasitic on other insects, particularly immature Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Pedigo L.P. (2002) · Entomology and Pest Management, Fourth Edition · p. 132 #6492695
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Lepidoptera (order) · effect: beneficial

  “They are parasitic on other insects, particularly immature Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Pedigo L.P. (2002) · Entomology and Pest Management, Fourth Edition · p. 132 #6492696
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Lepidoptera · effect: beneficial

  “Parasites include a wide range of fly and wasp species including tachinid flies”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) · Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources · p. 8 #6495612
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Lepidoptera (order) · effect: beneficial

  “larvae parasitize many worms, Japanese beetles, and some bugs”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K. (2004) · Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests · p. 4 #6495932
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus Hawk-Moth) · effect: beneficial

  “a tachinid fly feed on the larvae”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Tsatsia H., Jackson G. · Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets #6496267