European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse 1 Page 18 a we a u in a 11 re a Ems a Good bugs help rid of a bad ones . Ferrell National geographic Iny swing Cress wasps smaller than fleas Are nibbling the Pesky Brown banded cockroach into oblivion incl uni a Cisily of California laboratories in Berkeley j. In Riverside Calif natural insect enemies arc being Sou Glit to combat an aggravating Pinhead size Fly that began infesting the Region two years ago a. a a a a minuscule Wasp is waging War against the com Leaf Beetle whose hungry larvae Rob California Yards and streets of Shade in the summer although biological control is quite common in agriculture in Urban areas it is still Iri its infancy a it s eventually going to be very important Quot says Richard Patterson a . Agriculture department entomologist. Quot we re losing a lot of pesticides because of new environmental Protection Agency rules and Well be forced into doing something a few cities already arc turning to biological control says Jake Biehr vice president of a Ventura -calif., company that supplies Quot Good Quot bugs that eat Quot bad Quot bugs to several ., Canadian and italian cities that have found that some chemicals Are no longer effective against insects. Since 1900,506 species of insects have become immune to at least one of the five classes of pesticides 481 of those species have developed Icsis Lance since 1955. The use of parasites to control pests in Homes is still minimal but Patterson anticipates that in a few years people will be buying insects to control cockroaches. Tiny wasps that attack houseflies and bacteria that control mosquitoes Are already commercially available. In Berkeley the Roach problem began several years ago when the Brown banded cockroach hitchhiked from Florida in someone a Luggage and proliferated boric acid powder Nemesis of the ubiquitous German cockroach did no to fac the invaders. And because scientists at us Berkely won t allow the spraying of pesticides in their laboratories they turned to the Roach eating Wasp comic rat Nice cacti As a last resort. The parasite about the size of the commas on this Page threatens Only the Brown banded cockroach. The Wasp larvae cat Only the Roach eggs without them they die. Margaret Hurlburt a us by Ricly technician who rats is tie bugs in her office had several wasps brought in from Hawaii after Reading that scientists there had used them to eradicate the. Brown banded cockroach. A we be had great Success Quot said Hurlburt who has introduced More than 150,000 com Cria mar cd i into some 600 offices and laboratories on Campus. A we introduce 30 wasps in each room we put them in drawers and in dark places in the laboratories where the cockroach lays its egg Ltd pa�?~4$sc t a a r. National geographic a Liny Wasp prepares to Dine on the egg of a Brown banded cockroach egg. Both have been magnified hundreds of cases. The wasps Lay their eggs in the cockroach egg cases. The Wasp eggs Hatch into about 10 larvae which cat All of the approximately 14 Roach eggs in each Case. After four to six weeks a new generation of tiny wasps emerges from the Roach egg cases. Seldom seen by humans the wasps seek other egg cases and the Cycle begins again. Over the past 100 years t he . Agriculture department has released More than.600 species of insects to control pests mostly on farms. The department spends $21 million a year on research into All forms of biological control. At a glance Syria. Size 71,498 Square Miles about size of North Dakota population 12,210,000 1989 estimate main language arabic overview Syria is divided into three main land regions a Small Fertile Mediterranean coast mountains running North to South that trap most of the moist sea air on the West Side where most of the population lives and valleys Grassy Plains and deserts to the East and South of the mountains. Syria lies on ancient Trade routes linking Africa Asia and Europe and was settled More than 5,000 years ago. Its location and Rich soil made it a prize throughout history and a constant Battleground. The area known As greater Syria was carved into what is now Syria Lebanon Israel and Jordan by the league of nations and placed under French mandate in 1918. Syria became Independent in 1946 its a tact the first alphabet was developed in Syria and syrian artists and scholars greatly influenced the cultures of ancient Greece and questions How Jung do goldfish live is it True that they will grow bigger in a Pond do they change color a Quot a. A the common aquarium goldfish Cassius Adraius can live 30 years or More under Ideal conditions said Paul up Sieswerda curator of fishes and mammals at the new 1 York aquarium in Brooklyn an aquarium limits to Weir size he said but a Pond Luis them achieve their maximum growth. Some reach up to 2 Feci in length. Goldfish often change color As a they age arid develop their full color patterns. In fact one of the skills of goldfish breeders is. To predict which fish Are going to develop the Best colors. A. A. A. Quot. A goldfish Are closely related to the Carp family and arc quite Hardy. As Long As the Pond does riot freeze Over comp let by they can withstand very cold temperatures. It. A Quot Natiw York time a is it True that suppressing Unger can be fatal \ a new Slu in ,ates it a can be for women Aid Mph men it a a seems can live it. A a a 1 hat is the find my of University of a follow up a study of death rates among 696. Persons first studied Iii. 1971-72. At Fiat nine each of the subjects then age 30 to 69, was Given a. Brief. Physical exam Aud a set of a. Standardized tests used to determine a Yeho Sogl Well being. Eighteen years later the a. Researchers found that women who had scored High on the Lla Burg suppressed anger scale were three times More Likely to have died than Worsen with Low scores by contrast males scores showed Only marginal correlation with mortality rates a a a anger can matter for males however men who had both High suppressed anger and High blood pressure were nearly twice As Likely to die As men who had. Either condition a incl a a a to plus a sunday december 23 1990 �\.3 <4, i u
