It has been documented that A. socialis is attacked by predators such as Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) (Cave 1996) and Delphastus pusillus (Le Conte) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (Lopez-Avila et al. 2001; Gerling et al.2001), respectively. In addition, entomopathogenic fungi, such as Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimmermann), Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) and Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) have been found to exert natural control