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  1. Biodiversity is the best defence against corn pests
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Farmers' first line of defence against pests is the ecosystem in and around their fields. With widespread or indiscriminate use of pesticides essential biodiversity is lost - and the result is more frequent and serious infestations, and a decline in food security.
  2. Brock University
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    Resource Type: Organization
  3. Canadian Museum of Nature
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    Resource Type: Organization
  4. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America
    Peterson Field Guide

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
    Detailed description of every butterfly species found east of the Great Plains, from Greenland to Mexico. Each description gives common and scientific names, habits, range, food plants, habitat, subspecies.
  5. A Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico
    Peterson Field Guide

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1970
    Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individuals species. 1300 drawings.
  6. Insects and Spiders
    An Explore Your World Handbook

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
  7. Legacy
    The Natural History of Ontario

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    A comprehensive, extensively illustrated natural history of Ontario, covering bedrock, soils, birds, mammals, insects, wildflowers, forests, prehistoric life, and much more.
  8. New generation: Growing up reading Rachel Carson, scientists unravel risks of new pesticides
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Like biologist Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring warned about the devastating effects of DDT, a new generation of scientists is trying to figure out if new pesticides -- which are being used in ever-increasing numbers, quantities, and combinations -- are harming living things they’re not intended to kill, including birds.
  9. Royal BC Museum
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    Resource Type: Organization
  10. Senckenbergische Naturforschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
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    Resource Type: Organization
  11. Tent Caterpillars
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1988
    Tent caterpillars have been a particularly noticeable pest this year as well as last year. My former passive curiosity has been replaced with a rather bitter antipathy as I have watched some of my favourite bushes denuded by these hungry and very efficient insects.
  12. Trigger Issues: Mosquito
    One Small Item, One Giant Impact

    Resource Type: Book
  13. University of Winnipeg
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    Resource Type: Organization
  14. A Walk in the Forest
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1966
  15. Wasps: The Scourge of Autumn
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1988
    At this time of year everyone experiences the persistent and threatening harassment of these bright yellow and black insects, who, attracted by any available meat or fruit, drive us outdoor diners indoors in droves, wondering why we ever attempted "dining out" in the first place.

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