Why do some insects eat their own kind? (see text in description)

Most widspread insect in the world

This fly is better than a doctor...

The young cactus cladodes function like flowers... see text in description

Australian mealybug vs Rodolia ladybird

Why do aphids produce honeydew?

When the wolf wears the sheep's skin...

jewel beetle

Pea aphid defense against Praon wasp

Fig wasp male and female

Anthocorid bug attacking aphid

The Scymnus Ladybug

This is one of the strangest forms of parasitism...

Crab spider

Scymnus apetzi ladybird attacks aphids

xylocopa bee in early morning

Ants attacking fig black fly eggs

Citrus aphids and their natural ennemies

Scale insects and parasitic wasp on Shefflera leaves

Acontia lucida, the pale shoulder

the female and male of the cactus cochineal

Heather ladybird live

Ants on eggplant leaves

Red mites and anthocorid predator

hens and cactus cochineal

Decomposer beetle

The hens feast on the cactus cochineal

New birth in bean aphids

White cabbage butterfly mating

A miniature example of biological control