Claim · #6492882
Diapterobates humeralis · biocontrol · Adelges tsugae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“destroyed more than 98 percent of all adelgid ovisacs”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 46
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diapterobates humeralis as an oribatid mite pseudopredator of Adelges tsugae ovisacs in Japan is documented in biocontrol literature; mechanism and efficacy figures are internally consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diapterobates humeralis (Oribatida) consuming Adelges tsugae ovisacs in Japan is documented biocontrol research; pseudopredation mechanism and >98% ovisac destruction are biologically consistent with known oribatid-adelgid interactions.”
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