{"id":1104,"date":"2025-04-28T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:02:09","slug":"biocontrol-of-insects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/biocontrol-of-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Projects\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-projects\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-1108\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1108\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/biocontrol-of-insects\/\">Biocontrol of Insects<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1110\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1110\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/projects\/\">Biocontrol of Weeds<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-701\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-701\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/projects\/invasive-species-monitoring\/\">Invasive Species Monitoring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biocontrol of Insects<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/spotted-lanternfly-biocontrol\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2154\/image002.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Spotted Lanternfly<\/h2><p>Spotted lanternfly (<em>Lycorma delicatula<\/em>) is an invasive planthopper native to China. The long-term goal is to identify and develop a classical biological control program to manage spotted lanternfly populations.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/spotted-wing-drosophila\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2154\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-103503.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Spotted Wing Drosophila<\/h2><p>Spotted wing drosophila, SWD (<em>Drosophila suzukii<\/em>) is an invasive fruit fly native to East Asia.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/projects\/emerald-ash-borer\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2154\/2106098-Scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Emerald Ash Borer<\/h2><p>Emerald ash borer, EAB (<em>Agrilus planipennis<\/em>) is an invasive tree pest from Asia, which was&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/projects\/winter-moth\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2154\/wintermoth2.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Winter Moth<\/h2><p>Over recent years, Rhode Island has seen increasingly more issues with<em>\u00a0Operophterabrumata<\/em>&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/projects\/lily-leaf-beetle\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2154\/LLBLT.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Lily Leaf Beetle<\/h2><p>Lily growers in New England are all too familiar with the lily leaf beetle, LLB (<em>Lilioceris lilii<\/em>)&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">LEARN MORE<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biocontrol of Insects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5144,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/biocontrol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}