HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Biological control is the use of living organisms to suppress pest populations, making them less damaging than they would otherwise be. Natural enemies of insects play an important role in limiting the densities of potential pests. These natural enemies include predators, parasitoids, and pathogens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benefits of predators They often attack different life stages of the pest, and even different pest species. Many predators are also able to supplement their diet by feeding on alternative food sources, such as nectar, pollen and fungi. They are often voracious feeders and more robust than parasites.

Detailed explanation-3: -Predators. Predators catch and eat their prey. Some common predatory arthropods include ladybird beetles, carabid (ground) beetles, staphylinid (rove) beetles, syrphid (hover) flies, lacewings, minute pirate bugs, nabid bugs, big-eyed bugs, and spiders.