Researchers have been testing different types and colors of traps for monitoring beneficial insects. This white sticky trap, placed next to an insect attractant, caught many lacewings. Photo by Geraldine Warner New monitoring tools are providing a window into the biological control taking place in orchards, and it looks like there are far more natural enemies of pests than anyone imagined, even in sprayed orchards. Dr. Vince Jones, entomologist with Washington State University, said the importance of biolgical control has probably been underestimated, simply because there’s been no good way to monitor ?beneficial insects. A standard monitoring method is a […]