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Entomology

University of Kentucky

2020

Coccinellidae

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Comparison Of Native And Non-Native Predator Consumption Rates And Prey Avoidance Behavior In North America And Europe, Ayse Gül Ünlü, John J. Obrycki, Roman Bucher Oct 2020

Comparison Of Native And Non-Native Predator Consumption Rates And Prey Avoidance Behavior In North America And Europe, Ayse Gül Ünlü, John J. Obrycki, Roman Bucher

Entomology Faculty Publications

Novel predator–prey interactions can contribute to the invasion success of non-native predators. For example, native prey can fail to recognize and avoid non-native predators due to a lack of co-evolutionary history and cue dissimilarity with native predators. This might result in a competitive advantage for non-native predators. Numerous lady beetle species were globally redistributed as biological control agents against aphids, resulting in novel predator–prey interactions. Here, we investigated the strength of avoidance behavior of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) toward chemical cues of native lady beetles and non-native Asian Harmonia axyridis and European Coccinella septempunctata and Hippodamia variegata …


Impacts Of Larval Diet On Pre-Imaginal Development, Survival And Adult Size Of Six Species Of Coccinellidae, Nathan Mercer, John J. Obrycki Jun 2020

Impacts Of Larval Diet On Pre-Imaginal Development, Survival And Adult Size Of Six Species Of Coccinellidae, Nathan Mercer, John J. Obrycki

Lady Beetle Research Data

Compared larval development, survival, and adult size of six lady beetle species on a diet of aphids or moth eggs