Claim · #6496429
Coccinellidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“boosted populations of predatory syrphid flies, lady beetles”
- Source
- Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Handbook Series Book 7
- Page
- 25
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coccinellidae predation on aphids is canonical biocontrol; both adults and larvae prey. Beneficial direction correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lady beetle predation on aphids is textbook; both larval and adult stages are aphidophagous in most coccinellid species. Direction correct.”
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