The following websites are helpful when trying to find out
information about beneficial insects. These sites will link you to
some commercial insectaries or to specific fact sheets.
Koppert Biologicals
- This is Kopperts (English) website. There is some good information
about IPM methods, and users can register (for free) to use the
Side
Effects database.
Green Methods - This
website is put together by Mike Cherim, owner of the Green Spot
in Nottingham, NH. Green Spot sells biocontrol agents, and the Green
Methods website has a lot of information about IPM, pests and diseases,
and biocontrol agents.
IPM Laboratories, Inc -
A company in Locke, NY, that produces and distributes beneficial
organisms for the biological control of pests.
Suppliers
of Beneficial Organisms in North America is a publication that
can be either downloaded as a .pdf document or can be used as an
on-line linked version. The current listing includes suppliers in
the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. This is the 1997 edition, so some
information might be obsolete.
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