Seasonal phenology and natural enemies of the squash bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Kentucky

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 670-678

  Decker, Kimberly B ^a   Yeargan, Kenneth V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Number of generations; Overwintering; Parasitoids; Predators

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; INSECT; NATURAL ENEMY; OVERWINTERING; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NYMPH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; KENTUCKY; NYMPH; OVUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANASA TRISTIS; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COREIDAE; CUCURBITA; GEOCORIS PUNCTIPES; HEMIPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; PAGASA FUSCA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TRICHOPODA PENNIPES;

EID: 46849092799     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[670:SPANEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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