Claim · #6492363
Cricotopus myriophylli · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“At high chironomid densities (> 500/m²) M. spicatum cannot reach the water surface”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 59
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Cricotopus myriophylli is a documented chironomid midge whose larvae mine meristems of Eurasian watermilfoil; the 500 larvae/m² threshold suppressing surface growth is biologically consistent with known biocontrol literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cricotopus myriophylli is a documented chironomid midge whose larvae mine meristems of Myriophyllum spicatum; the density threshold and surface-reach suppression in the source quote are consistent with published biological control literature from Canadian lakes.”
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