Farewell Silent Spring by Howard Wearing. Newly published by NZPPS, this is the story of how 50+ years of dedicated R&D saw highly toxic broad-spectrum pesticides removed from NZ pipfruit orchards. nzpps.org/book/farewell-… #nzpps #farewellsilentspring

Fascinating week reviewing Chile’s new sterile insect project on Lobesia - world’s worst grape pest in 51 countries - 25 ha peri-urban pilot is neighbourhood watch for insects ⁦Horticulture New Zealand⁩ ⁦former B3 Director⁩ ⁦IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️⁩

#Biosecurity on the street in #Hastings - New cover article: "Peri-Urban Community Attitudes towards #Codling Moth Trapping and Suppression Using the Sterile Insect Technique in New Zealand" - mdpi.com/2075-4450/10 doi.org/10.3390/insect… Ministry for Primary Industries

New paper: Peri-Urban Community Attitudes towards Codling Moth Trapping and Suppression Using the Sterile Insect Technique in New Zealand doi.org/10.3390/insect… MPI Horticulture New Zealand NZ Apples and Pears

Live Traps for Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs #bmsb doi.org/10.3390/insect… Video: bit.ly/2oCEWWG Ministry for Primary Industries Horticulture New Zealand Fondazione Edmund Mach Plant & Food Research Novel traps caught up to 15-times more adult Halyomorpha halys than identically-baited sticky panels.

New open access paper on the Sterile Insect Technique for Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs from NZ-Italian team doi.org/10.3390/insect… #bmsb Ministry for Primary Industries Horticulture New Zealand former B3 Director

The Competitive Mating of Irradiated Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Halyomorpha halys, for the Sterile Insect Technique mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/1…

Our latest results from Italy corroborate a 15X average improvement in catch of #BMSB from the New Zealand live tra link.growkudos.com/1ap2npo9rls

We got the cover too - The Nazgȗl is a lure and kill system proposed for use as a tool in future eradication efforts against BMSB. The sinister-looking ringwraiths could be used to elicit public support in a new way, tapping into popular culture around saving “Middle-Earth”.

Orca at Separation Point came under the boat - have we stumbled on pippis as a lure for orca ? youtu.be/M9S-HGlHidE via YouTube

Integrating Sterile Insect Technique with the release of sterile classical biocontrol agents for eradication: is the Kamikaze Wasp Technique feasible? Forum paper by Kiran Horrocks former B3 Director Horticulture New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries Faculty of Science, University of Auckland bit.ly/3b9BNB2

Radio NZ interview on new #BMSB traps bit.ly/31IIHsF (4:18-5:56) Rachael Horner and Sabina Avosani are testing wind vane traps on insect pests Plant & Food Research former B3 Director Faculty of Science, University of Auckland

Local Focus: Millions of pink moths coming to backyards, via nzherald nzherald.co.nz/business/news/…

Playback mating songs of Tomato Potato Psyllid = disruption mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/5…

Our new Entomologia Generalis paper: Vibrational communication and evidence for vibrational behavioural manipulation of the tomato potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli bit.ly/2JN08Uz bit.ly/2Io5BQT

New Communications Biology paper doi.org/10.1038/s42003… Investments are needed to collect sound biological data to develop mechanistic models to predict the geographic range and relative abundance of fruit flies and other invasive species to support policy

New chemical ecology study on NZ native raspberry budmoth explains its pest status & plant help signals doi.org/10.1016/j.phyt…

New Italian + NZ paper on BMSB - sterile insect technique - looks good aggregation pheromones to wild collect, amass and then zap males doi.org/10.3390/insect…