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Interspecific predation and cannibalism of immatures by adult female Metaseiulus occidentalis, Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Zetzellia mali Schueten (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

Creator:

MacRae, Ian Vance, 1958-

Abstract:

Interspecific predation and cannibalism and associated rates of oviposition were assessed for adult female Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) and Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten when provided non-limiting amounts of either eggs, larvae, protonymphs, or deutonymphs. Tests with all four stages of phytoseiids and larvae of Tetranychus urticae Koch were carried out at 25°C....

Resource Type:

Dissertation