You Can Aid and Abet Mother Nature’s Hit-Squad to Keep Insect Pests at Bay

Speaker: DR. MICHAEL J.  RAUPP, aka The Bug Guy!

Your landscape and garden can be a refuge for beneficial insects that provide the vital ecosystem service of biological control, the natural system of putting a beatdown on plant-damaging pests. Meet wicked wasps, bodacious beetles, fierce flies, and other arthropod allies as they provide vital functions and enhance the sustainability of landscapes and gardens. Learn simple steps to enhance the abundance and contributions of beneficial insects and ways to conserve them in gardens. Explore organic approaches to managing key insect and mite pests including the use of Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) listed insecticides.

Raupp is a professor emeritus and extension specialist at the University of Maryland. He is also a fellow of the Entomological Society of America.