Ant predation on eggs and larvae of the black cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in turfgrass

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 116-125

  López, Rolando ^a   Potter, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrotis ipsilon; Black cutworm; Lasius neoniger; Predation; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG PREDATION; GOLF COURSE;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

AGROTIS IPSILON; COLEOPTERA; FORMICA PALLIDIFULVA; FORMICA SCHAUFUSSI; FORMICA SUBSERICEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; JAPONICA; LASIUS NEONIGER; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0141638060     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.1.116     Document Type: Article

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