Lady beetles as predators of insects other than Hemiptera

By E. Evans. 2009

121 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science, Molecular Biology

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In Ecology

1. Michael Whiting
2. D. Weber
3. J. Lundgren
4. K. Miller
5. J. Harwood
6. M. Seagraves
7. A. Honěk
8. I. Hodek

In Insect Science

1. D. Weber
2. J. Lundgren
3. J. Harwood
4. J. Obrycki
5. T. Kring
6. R. O’neil
7. I. Hodek
8. M. Seagraves

In Molecular Biology

1. J. Harwood
2. J. Obrycki
3. R. O’neil
4. T. Kring
5. D. Weber
6. I. Hodek
7. M. Seagraves
8. A. Honěk

Citations in the corpus

• Scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies and psyllids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) as prey of ladybirds (2009, background): “Coccinellidae feed on a wide variety of prey species (Hodek, 1996), e.g. mites (Biddinger et al., 2009), aphids (Obrycki et al., 2009), Coleoptera and Lepidoptera (Evans, 2009), and non-prey food (Lundgren, 2009; Sutherland and Parrella, 2009).”
• Lady beetle oviposition behavior in response to the trophic environment (2009, background): “postica larvae and sugar or nectar generally improves reproduction in coccinellids over single-prey diets (Evans, 2009; Lundgren, 2009).”
• Nutritional aspects of non-prey foods in the life histories of predaceous Coccinellidae (2009, background): “For example, use of sugar sprays or habitat management to increase vegetational diversity often accompanies increases in biological control of key pests by coccinellid predators (Wade et al., 2008; Evans, 2009; Lundgren, 2009).”
• Aphidophagy by Coccinellidae: Application of biological control in agroecosystems (2009, background): “Aphidophagous coccinellids that suppress aphid populations may also rely on species targeted by the Bt crop (e.g., lepidopteran eggs or larvae; Evans, 2009), or prey that contain large amounts of Bt toxin (e.g., mites Dutton et al., 2002; Biddinger et al., 2009), or altered crop-based non-prey…”
• The evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae (2009, background): “In addition to the non-hemipteran hosts mentioned above, the larvae of Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Thysanoptera are also utilized as prey by some coccinellids (Hodek, 1973, 1996; Evans, 2009).”
• Assessing the trophic ecology of the Coccinellidae: Their roles as predators and as prey (2009, background): “Alternative foods such as lepidopteran and coleopteran immatures (Evans, 2009) and non-prey foods (Lundgren, 2009a) are critical components of optimal diets in most coccinellids, and shape the natural histories of these and other predators (Lundgren, 2009b).”