Separation of three common hover fly predators of woolly apple aphid based on the exochorionic sculpturing of eggs

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-70

  Short, Brent D ^a   Bergh, J Christopher ^b  

^a USDA ARS Appalachian Fruit Res Stn   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; PREDATOR;

APHIDIDAE; ERIOSOMA LANIGERUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 17644413259     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-051     Document Type: Article

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