Claim · #6492544
Chrysoperla carnea · biocontrol · Aphididae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“McEwen et al. (1993c, 1996) found diet-related variation in development and survival in the larvae of Chrysoperla carnea”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 85
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Chrysoperla carnea larvae are well-documented generalist predators; diet-related variation in larval development and survival is biologically consistent with known lacewing nutritional ecology.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chrysoperla carnea larvae are well-documented aphid predators; diet-related variation in larval development/survival is biologically consistent with known lacewing nutritional ecology.”
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