Body weights and egg loads in field-collected Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-42

  Legaspi, Jesusa Crisostomo ^a   Legaspi Jr , Benjamin C ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grape; Ovigeny; Pheromone; Predator; Vineyard

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HETEROPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 18044363288     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0038:BWAELI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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