Pollen as an alternative food for Harmonia axyridis

By N. Berkvens, J. Bonte, D. Berkvens, K. Deforce, L. Tirry, P. De Clercq. BioControl (Dordrecht), 2008

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Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-prey Foods (2009, background): “The first, which deals with invasion biology, suggests that true omnivores may pose the highest risk of invading new areas (Berkvens et al., 2008).”
Benefits and limitations of factitious prey and artificial diets on life parameters of predatory beetles, bugs, and lacewings: a mini-review (2009, background): “In addition, Berkvens et al. (2008) suggest that H. axyridis has the ability to use pollen alone as an alternative food during periods of prey shortage and, therefore, has a competitive advantage over less capable species such as A. bipunctata.”
Influence of diet and photoperiod on development and reproduction of European populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2008, result): “Like in the current study and in Berkvens et al. (2007), Soares et al. (2001, 2005) also found dissimilar reproductive and food assimilating responses among morph types of H. axyridis to various food sources.”
From biological control to invasion: the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species (2008, background): “…protect H. axyridis from becoming intra-guild prey and a fascinating study on phenotypic variation between naturalized populations from around Europe compared to those from biological control rearing facilities (Berkvens et al. 2007a, b; Jansen et al. 2007; Ware and Majerus 2007; Ware et al. 2007).”
Intraguild predation involving Harmonia axyridis: a review of current knowledge and future perspectives (2008, background): “Harmonia axyridis adults and larvae find eggs of many insect species acceptable as prey; laboratory stocks are often maintained on eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Berkvens et al. 2007).”
Harmonia axyridis in Europe: spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid (2008, background): “For example, the phenotypic frequencies of melanic forms (f. conspicua and f. spectabilis) of a laboratory population increased from 0.5 to [0.99 in 50 generations (Berkvens et al. 2007).”
Nutritional aspects of non-prey foods in the life histories of predaceous Coccinellidae (2009, background): “For the comparison of prey and non-prey diets, there are few reports where coccinellids are able to lay eggs on non-prey foods without prey (Hodek et al., 1978; Lundgren and Wiedenmann, 2004; Omkar, 2006; Berkvens et al., 2008), and the effects of prey versus non-prey foods on reproduction were not ”
Invasion history, habitat preferences and phenology of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis in Belgium (2008, background): “ Berkvens et al. (2007) also suggested that H. axyridis might have a competitive advantage over indigenous species because it can exploit pollen when insect prey is scarce.”
Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents (2011, unknown): “Harmonia axyridis has the capacity to use different types of plant resources as alternative foods, including fruits (Berkvens et al. 2008, 2010).”