In the period between 1945 and 198S, 30 species of insects, excluding mosquitoes and beneficials, are known to have been accidentally introduced to Guam. Of these, 11 were introduced between 1945 and 1955 (1.1 per year), ...

An experiment was conducted on the island of Flora, Indonesia, to test for biological control of the coconut moth, Batrachedra arenosella Walker, by introducing the braconid parasite Chelonus sp. Six and twelve months after ...

Wing pad and leg scars are reported to occur on three of the four species of termites found in Hawaii: Cryptotermes brevis (Walker), Incisitermes immigrans (Snyder), and Neotermes connexus Snyder (Kalotermitidae). Such ...

A black body mutant, bl-b. of the braconid parasitoid, Biosteres longicaudatus (Ashmead), is described. The inheritance pattern indicates that the trait is determined by a single recessive gene.

An Euphorbia-associated species of Plagithmysus of the subgenus Neoclytarlus from Maui Island is described as new. Ii is the fourth member of this subgenus of native Hawaiian longicorn beetles to be associated with Euphorbia. ...

Parasitization of the introduced biocontrol agent Blepharomastix ebulealis was studied on Oahu from November 1982 to December 1983. Mean parasitization of larvae was 43.3 ± 6.4%. The parasitoids involved and their frequencies ...