date:Nov 20, 2017
It is bred in San Vicente del Raspeig and it's called Sphaerophoria rueppellii. This is the scientific name of an insect that eats aphids and is helping save many crops, eliminating the annoying molasses left on the ground by trees like jacarandas when aphids attack them.
A biotechnology company created at the University of Alicante (UA) has become the first in the world to breed an insect indigenous to the Mediterranean that helps control aphid pests. They are exporting it for sale to producer