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BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL IN PACIFIC ISLANDS

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There have been numerous repeat successes at biological control in the Pacific Islands, such as with the cottony-cushion scale. An attempt to control the Australian bush fly has resulted in partial success (Legner 1976 , Legner et al. 1974).

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127. Legner, E. F., B. B. Sugerman, H.-S. Yu and H. Lum. 1974. Biological and integrated control of the bush fly, Musca sorbens

Wiedemann and other filth breeding Diptera in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 1: 1-14.

155. Legner, E. F. 1976. The Musca sorbens Wiedemann complex in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Entomol. News 87(1-2): 39-48.