Stiller, A.R., Chase, K.D., Littlejohn, C., Slone, J., & Ward, S. 2025 Identifying commercially available predators for use against crapemyrtle bark scale. Biocontrol Science and Technology 1-15

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Notes: This study screened three predatory insects for use against crapemyrtle bark scale, including one known predator, green lacewing larvae (Chrysoperla rufilabris), and two previously uninvestigated predators, scale destroyer beetle adults (Rhyzobius lophanthae Blaisdell; Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and insidious flower bug adults (Orius insidiosus (Say); Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2025.2544160

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