Claim · #6492611
Meloidae (family) · biocontrol · Acrididae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Some immature blister beetles are predators of grasshopper eggs”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 119
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Meloid larvae (triungulins and subsequent instars) parasitizing Acrididae egg pods is well-documented biological control; mechanism and direction are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Meloid larvae (triungulins and subsequent instars) are well-documented egg predators of Acrididae; the larval stage specificity is correctly noted in the claim.”
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