Need more than one prey to develop 4. Includes fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, other arthropods and even plants. Most successful - insects and mites 6. Most have wide host range Polyphagous - Lady Bird Beetles. Disadvantage - Not responsive to pest pop change.
Many prey is killed b.
Often both sexes and all stages kill prey. Synchrony is not a problem. Insect Diseases - Fungi, Viruses, Bacteria, Rickettsia and protozoans. Natural populations strongly affected by pathogens. Today used as microbial insecticides - Bt, B. pompilliae, NPV etc.