IPM: Trials showing bugs achieving results where pesticides fail

Each adult lacewing has an acute ability to detect aphids and can eat up to 100 per day.

Farmers are getting a new insight into the law of the jungle in their crop foliage, as they turn to integrated pest management (IPM).

Now they are more and more likely to release a predator, which turns the crop into a graveyard for unwanted pests. They were able to keep insect murder at a distance by applying sprays, but IPM uses natural killing methods whenever possible, with chemical pesticides as a last resort.