- Identify the pest and find out where it came from.
- Investigate its original site (normally from another country or continent) and identify its natural enemies.
- Test the potential control agent under careful quarantine to ensure that:
- It is specific on its prey only.
- Will not swap to a new prey species and become a pest itself.
- Has a life-cycle which will allow it to develop a large enough population to act as an economic control.
- Mass culture the control agent.
- Develop the most effective way of introducing and maintaining the pest control agent.
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