THE EFFECT OF PREY DENSITY ON PREY CONSUMPTION AND OVIPOSITION IN ADULTS OF TYPHLODROMUS (T.) OCCIDENTALIS NESBITT (ACARINA: PHYTOSEIIDAE) IN THE LABORATORY
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 39 (3), 311-315
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z61-035
Abstract
Laboratory experiments indicated that the oviposition and prey consumption rates of Typhlodromus (T.) occidentalis Nesbitt depend on the number of prey available to the predator. The prey species used was Tetranychus telarius (L.).This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Notes on Occurrence of Typhlodromus and Phytoseius spp. in Southern British Columbia (Acarina: Phytoseiinae)The Canadian Entomologist, 1958