Attacking flies with wasps.(Brief Article) From: Agricultural Research | Date: August 1, 2002| Author: Core, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2002 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

House flies and stable flies are not only a nuisance on livestock and poultry farms, but they also transport disease-causing organisms. Certain native parasitic wasps are used as biological control agents of fly populations, reducing use of insecticides while saving farmers time and money.

To give farmers even more options, scientists in the ARS Mosquito and Fly Research Unit in Gainesville, Florida, have collaborated with scientists at the University of Campinas in Braz...

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