| the potential of a jumping spider, phidippus clarus, as a biocontrol agent. | spiders, particularly assemblages of species, have been shown to be effective in reducing pest insects and crop damage in field crops and orchards. we investigated the potential for a single jumping spider species to reduce pests in a greenhouse setting. we placed three treatments in large enclosures: 1) control treatment of only sweet basil, ocimum basilicum l.; 2) sweet basil and a phytophagous pest, fourlined plant bug, poecilocapsus lineatus (f.) (heteroptera: miridae); and 3) sweet basil, f ... | 2006 | 16686143 |