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Resource Manual on IPPM in Vegetable
World Education Philippines, Inc.
This colorful predatory bug is quite large (about 15 mm) but not usually abundant.
Name: Chrysosoma sp.
Family: Dolichopodidae
Order: Diptera
These predatory flies are referred to as long-legged flies or dance
flies. Most are brightly colored, usually metallic green or gold.
The adults prey on small insects such as whiteflies and
leafhoppers.
Name: Robber fly
Family: Asilidae
Order: Diptera
These fast flying predatory flies are capable of
attacking a wide variety of insects.
Name: Ischiodon scutellaris (F.)
Family: Syrphidae
Order: Diptera
These insects are sometimes referred to as hover flies
because of the way the adults hover or fly on one spot.
The larval form of syphrids is predaceous.
Name: Ropalidia sp.
Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
This small predatory wasp constructs a nest that is often
found attached to the undersides of soybean leaves. It is
considered an important predator in soybeans because of its
habit of attaching itself to the undersides of soybean leaves.
Name: Poliste s sp.
Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Polistes wasps attack a wide variety of caterpillars in almost all
vegetable and soybean crops.
Name: Vespa sp.
Family: Vespidae
Order: Hymenoptera
This vespid wasp is feeding on the remains of a looper, probably
Thysanoplusia orichalcea, in carrots. This host has been infected and killed
by an insect virus. Studies have shown that predators can spread insect
viruses by feeding on virus-infected hosts and later excreting the virus in
other areas of the field.
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