Claim · #6492492
Carabidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: context_dependent
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ground beetles disrupted aphid control by parasitoid wasps through preying selectively on the parasitised aphids”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 60
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Intraguild predation by carabids on parasitised aphid mummies disrupting parasitoid efficacy is a well-documented tritrophic phenomenon consistent with the source quote and effect_magnitude.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Intraguild predation by carabids on parasitized aphid mummies disrupting parasitoid biocontrol is a well-documented phenomenon; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism and effect direction.”
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