Development of Three Populations of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Eggs of Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Munyaneza, Joseph ^a   Obrycki, John J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleomegilla maculata; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Predation; Predator prey interactions; Preimaginal development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000148045     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.117     Document Type: Article

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