Claim · #6493054
Hyperparasitoid spp. · parasitism · Aphidius matricariae
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Native hyperparasitoids attack the aphid parasitoid Aphidius matricariae during spring and summer”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 143
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hyperparasitoids attacking Aphidius matricariae is well-documented; direction, mechanism, and seasonal timing (spring/summer) are biologically consistent with known tritrophic dynamics.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Hyperparasitoids attacking Aphidius matricariae (a well-documented aphid parasitoid) is a known biological phenomenon; interaction direction and seasonal timing are consistent with established IPM literature.”
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