The foraging behaviors of larvae of the ladybird beetle, Coccinella septempunctata L., (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) towards ant-tended and non-ant-tended aphids

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^a   Ide, Toru ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Ant attendance; Aphis craccivora; Foraging efficiency; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; BEETLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; PREY PREFERENCE;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIS CRACCIVORA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PISUM; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 40349096365     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0391-y     Document Type: Article

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