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A Mexican bean beetle larva (Epilachna varivestis)-a devastating pest of snap and soybeans-becomes a meal for the spined soldier bug (Podisus maculiventris) instead. The bug's pheromone, discovered by entomologist Jeffrey Aldrich at Beltsville, MD., may help farmers enlist its help in controlling many pest insects.


Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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current05:42, 26 September 2006Thumbnail for version as of 05:42, 26 September 2006640 × 420 (50 KB)PDH[http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/k1461-3.htm Image Number K1461-3] A Mexican bean beetle larva-a devastating pest of snap and soybeans-becomes a meal for the spined soldier bug (''Podisus maculiventris'') instead. The bug's pheromone, discover
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