Claim · #6492879
Harmonia axyridis · biocontrol · Matsucoccus matsumurae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“killed 97 percent of the scales in less than four weeks”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 44
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“H. axyridis as aphid/scale predator is well-documented; predation efficacy data and refuge limitation for bark-concealed first instars are biologically consistent with known coccinellid foraging constraints.”
- entomologist · plausible
“H. axyridis as a predatory coccinellid consuming exposed Matsucoccus scale life stages while being ineffective against bark-concealed first instars is biologically consistent with known predator foraging limitations and scale phenology.”
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