Egg cage system may bolster native ladybug's biocontrol prospects
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:40
in Biology & Nature
"Necessity is the mother of invention," the saying goes. Such was indeed the case when entomologist Meg Allen devised a jar-like cage to safely collect the eggs of Coleomegilla maculata for her research on the genetics of this helpful ladybug species, a.k.a. pink spotted lady beetle.