A sterilized carabid beetle before gut dissection. Angela Gadino, WSU Do you ever wonder what those earwigs, spiders, and other ground-dwelling predators eat in your orchard? This question has been a main focus in the Enhancing Biological Control in Western Orchards Specialty Crop Research Initiative project. We know these predators are in our orchards, but up until now who is eating what has not been well documented, especially with regards to codling moth. We set out to look at which major predator groups found commonly in western orchards might be eating the most codling moth larvae. Codling moth larvae, once […]