The effect of introduced wasp (Vespula vulgaris, hymenoptera: Vespidae) predation on the dispersive life history stages of beech scale insects (Ultracoelostoma spp., homoptera: Margarodidae)

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Wardhaugh, Carl W ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beech scale insect; Flight period; Honeydew; Introduced wasps; Predation; Sooty mould fungi; Ultracoelostoma spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645861866     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2004.9722129     Document Type: Article

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