Hawaii introduced predatory beetles 13 times to control crop pests; the only species that established was one scientists never meant to introduce
Representative Image of diverse Calosoma beetle species with a focus on their failed introductions to Hawaii (AI Generated Image) For six decades, scientists repeatedly introduced predatory beetles to Hawaii in an effort to control crop-damaging caterpillars, but none of the intentionally released species established a lasting population. A study published in Biological Control titled Calosoma … Read more