Claim · #6492508
Linyphiidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“in the case of cereal aphid suppression, no interference between parasitoid wasps and spiders was found, and both enemy groups together produced the highest level of aphid control”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 60
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Linyphiid spiders are well-documented generalist predators of cereal aphids in European wheat systems; source quote supports additive biocontrol with parasitoids, consistent with tritrophic IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Linyphiidae are well-documented generalist predators of cereal aphids; source quote supports additive biocontrol with parasitoids, consistent with structured fields.”
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