Managing the dispersal of ladybird beetles (Col.: Coccinellidae): Use of artificial honeydew to manipulate spatial distributions

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Evans, E W ^a   Richards, D R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Aphid honeydew; Biological control; Coccinella septempunctata; Coccinella transversoguttata; Coccinellidae; Dispersal; Ladybird beetles; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003003150     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769884     Document Type: Article

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