How Aphids Keep Ladybugs Around: Wizzie Brown

Ladybugs, hoverflies, and green lacewings hurry over to our gardens to feed on aphids-as long as we don’t wipe out their food pantry. Entomologist Wizzie Brown explains how to keep a healthy prey-to-predator balance and a non-chemical way to manage aphids if they’re out of control.
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I don't believe I entirely understand why someone would allow a problem to happen in hopes of letting the solution to that problem show up, eat, and lay eggs.