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  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Flies (Diptera)
  • Beetles (Coleoptera)
  • Bees, wasps and ants (Hymenoptera)
  • Bugs (Hemiptera)
  • Lacewings (Neuroptera)
  • Spiders and harvestmen (Arachnids)
  • Other beneficials
  • 'SAFE' principles to encourage beneficials
  • Shelter
  • Alternative prey
  • Flower-rich habitat
  • Environment
  • Best practice to encourage beneficials in the field
  • Diverse habitats across the farm
  • Further information
Beneficials on farmland: identification and management guidelines (HGCA Summer 2008)
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Beneficials on farmland: identification and management guidelines

Summer 2008

Contents

Introduction

Identification

  • Flies (Diptera)
  • Beetles (Coleoptera)
  • Bees, wasps and ants (Hymenoptera)
  • Bugs (Hemiptera)
  • Lacewings (Neuroptera)
  • Spiders and harvestmen (Arachnids)
  • Other beneficials

Managing habitats

  • 'SAFE' principles to encourage beneficials
  • Shelter
  • Alternative prey
  • Flower-rich habitat
  • Environment
  • Best practice to encourage beneficials in the field
  • Diverse habitats across the farm

Further information

For further information on crop pests - see Pest management in cereals and oilseed rape – a guide, HGCA (2003).


© HGCA, Summer 2008

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