Living Pesticides - Ikitanoyaku

Japanese: 生きた農薬 - いきたのうやく
Living Pesticides - Ikitanoyaku

...There are also insects that are called "natural enemies" because they prey on specific species. For example, ladybugs are also called "living pesticides" because they prey on aphids (aphids) both as larvae and adults. His groundbreaking discovery of the Australian ladybug, a natural enemy of the scale insect, a major pest of citrus, in California in the United States (1888) was the source of the idea of ​​biological control of pests, and he was touted as a synonym for beneficial insects. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "living pesticides" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほか特定の種類を捕食するところから〈天敵〉と呼ばれる昆虫がある。例えばテントウムシは,アブラムシ(アリマキ)を幼虫も成虫も捕食するので〈生きた農薬〉ともいわれている。 ミカン類の大害虫であったイセリヤカイガラムシの天敵であるオーストラリア原産のベダリアテントウを発見し,アメリカのカリフォルニア州で画期的な成果をあげたこと(1888)は,害虫の生物的防除という発想の源をなすもので,まさに益虫の代名詞として喧伝された。…

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