Veronica Yurchak, Vegetable Specialist, UMD; vjohnso4@umd.edu The goal of this series is to increase awareness and knowledge of beneficial insects in cropping systems and to help differentiate them from pests of concern. This week’s feature beneficial is the hornworm wasp,… Continue Reading
Veronica Yurchak, Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; vjohnso4@umd.edu This week’s feature beneficial is the spined soldier bug (SSB), a predatory stink bug that can be found on virtually any crop or garden plant. SSBs are generalist predators that feed on… Continue Reading
Veronica Yurchak, Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; vjohnso4@umd.edu This week’s feature beneficial is the squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa (Figure 1). Most easily recognized by their behavior of visiting squash flowers in high numbers, these bees are important pollinators of squash… Continue Reading
Veronica Yurchak, Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; vjohnso4@umd.edu The goal of this series is to increase awareness and knowledge of beneficial insects in cropping systems to help differentiate them from pests of concern. This week’s feature beneficial is the big-eyed… Continue Reading
