Response of chrysopids (Neuroptera) to larval tracks of aphidophagous coccinellids (Coleoptera)
Response of chrysopids (Neuroptera) to larval tracks of aphidophagous coccinellids (Coleoptera)
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klaire labs ashwagandha Choice tests showed that tracks left by coccinellid larvae have generally little effect on oviposition site selection by chrysopid females.Fresh tracks of first instar larvae of the coccinellid species Coccinella septempunctata, Cycloneda limbifer, Leis dimidiata and Semiadalia undecimnotata, did not deter females of the chrysopid Chrysopa oculata from laying fortiflex stable super fork - head only blue eggs.Females of Chrysopa perla avoided ovipositing only on substrates with tracks of L.
dimidiata larvae.