Predation and life table of Feltiella acarisuga (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) preying on eggs of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Mo, Tie Lu ^a,b   Liu, Tong Xian ^b  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecidomyiids; Gall midge; Life table; Predation; Spider mites

Indexed keywords

EGG PREDATION; FLY; LARVA; MITE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE TABLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE TABLES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRANYCHIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; FELTIELLA ACARISUGA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 34249074021     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[369:PALTOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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