5. Food Relationships

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Predators as drivers of insect defenses (2020, background): “Ladybird beetles (family Coccinellidae) also prey on various insects (Hodek & Evans 2012) and are commonly used to study the effectiveness of defenses in leaf beetle larvae (Table 2).”
Non-crop vegetation associated with chili pepper agroecosystems promote the abundance and survival of aphid predators (2013, unknown): “…some coccinellids may use pollen and nectar as a supplemental resource to provide limited nutrients and energy, and ultimately prolong survival (Hodek and Evans, 2012) and reduce the likelihood of can-nibalism and intraguild predation (Cottrell and Yeargan, 1999; Leather et al., 1999; Pell et…”