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The 187 pages that link to Biological pest control, each with the reason it gives.

• Pontederia crassipesRelated: Specialist weevils and moths have been released to reduce water hyacinth infestations.

• RhaphidophoridaeRelated: Some rhaphidophorids feed on small invertebrates, although their control value depends on species and setting.

• Silver carpRelated: Silver carp have been stocked to consume plankton in managed waters.

• StrepsipteraCompared with: Strepsipterans have been considered as natural enemies, though their use is limited.

• TachinidaeNarrower topic: Tachinids are used or conserved as natural enemies of crop and forest pests.

• True toadRelated: Toads can contribute to natural suppression of insect and other invertebrate pests.

• Weaver antNarrower topic: Weaver ants are deployed as predators to reduce insect pests in orchards.

• AgrochemicalCompared with: It controls pests through biological agents rather than conventional chemical pesticides.

• ArthropodologyRelated: Arthropod predators and parasitoids are widely used as control agents.

• Banded bullfrogRelated: As a predator of insects and other small animals, the frog can affect local pest populations.

• Biological life cycleRelated: Targeting a pest's vulnerable life stage can improve control.

• CecidomyiidaeRelated: Some gall midges are used to control invasive weeds and other pests.

• ChemosterilantCompared with: It reduces pest populations through ecological interactions rather than chemical sterilization.

• CleridaeRelated: Predatory clerids can help reduce beetle pests in wood and stored products.

• Coccinella septempunctataNarrower topic: This predator can reduce aphid numbers without relying solely on pesticides.

• CurculionidaeRelated: Natural enemies are used against some invasive or damaging curculionid species.

• DytiscusCompared with: Dytiscus is itself a predator, but its broad diet makes it unsuitable as a targeted control agent.

• Formica rufaRelated: Red wood ants prey on many forest invertebrates, including species that damage trees.

• History of organic farmingRelated: It offered an alternative to synthetic insecticides as organic practice developed.

• Ipomoea aquaticaRelated: Biological control has been used against water spinach where it becomes an invasive aquatic weed.

• KingsnakeRelated: By eating rodents, kingsnakes can contribute to natural control of some pests.

• Leaf beetleRelated: Selected leaf beetles are released to control invasive weeds.

• Longhorn beetleRelated: Natural enemies of invasive longhorns are studied as possible tools for limiting damage.

• LoricariidaeRelated: Loricariids have been introduced in some places as algae-control fish, with ecological risks.

• LygaeidaeRelated: Some lygaeids feed on weeds and have been investigated as potential control agents.

• LygodiumRelated: Researchers have investigated biological controls to limit invasive Lygodium populations.

• Multi-organism systemsRelated: It applies species interactions to manage pests in agriculture and other environments.

• Oriental garden lizardRelated: Its introduction in some places has been associated with attempts to control insect pests.

• Pieris brassicaeRelated: Natural enemies can reduce large white populations in agricultural settings.

• Reynoutria japonicaRelated: The psyllid Aphalara itadori has been investigated and released in some regions as a knotweed control agent.

• SceliphriniRelated: Spider-hunting Sceliphrini can affect local spider populations, though they are not standard pest-control agents.

• Tegenaria domesticaRelated: As a predator, it can consume insects around buildings.

• TephritidaeNarrower topic: Parasitoids and sterile-male releases are among the approaches used against tephritid pests.

• ThomisidaeRelated: By eating insects, crab spiders can contribute to natural control of crop pests.

• TortricidaeRelated: Parasitoids, predators, and pathogens can suppress tortricid larvae in crops.

• TytoRelated: Barn owls can suppress rodents around farms and other agricultural landscapes.

• VespertilionidaeRelated: Insect-eating vesper bats can reduce agricultural and forest pest populations.