There is a need to integrate the spatial and temporal dimensions in the assessment of insect population dynamics. Basic biological processes and interactions, in space and time, among plants and herbivores occurring on both crop and non-crop plants in a variety of production systems must be defined to predict pest population dynamics accurately. All biological processes are, in part, defined by the space and time in which they occur. These spatio–temporal analyses related the spatio–temporal dynamics of Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) to the spatial distribution of its’ host. A5 the complexity of this biological system increased, the complexity of the spatio–temporal dynamics also increased. The spatio–temporal dynamics of D. noxia were affected by both the herbivore–host interaction and host distribution. Spatio–temporal dynamics of herbivore–host interactions were shown to play an important role in this insects’ population and spatial dynamics. A biological system that is dominated by a consistent biological process will generate consistent and predictable spatio–temporal dynamics. Understanding spatio–temporal dynamics of biological processes can greatly improve the ability to predict the outcome resulting from introductions or augmentations within the systems dominated by those biological processes (plant or insect).