Propagation, synchrony, and impact of introduced and native Laricobius spp. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) on hemlock woolly adelgid in Virginia

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1498-1507

  Mausel, D L ^a,b   Salom, S M ^a   Kok, L T ^a   Fidgen, J G ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Idaho Department of Lands   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Classical biological control; Exclusion cage; Field insectary; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; OVIPOSITION; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME; TSUGA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TSUGA; VIRGINIA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIUM; DERODONTIDAE; LARICOBIUS; LARICOBIUS NIGRINUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 58149216147     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-37.6.1498     Document Type: Article

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