Claim · #6494885
Carabidae (family) · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“they prey upon slugs and late instar caterpillars”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 182
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Carabidae as generalist predators of slugs and lepidopteran larvae is foundational to conservation biological control literature (Kromp, Lovei & Sunderland).”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ground beetle predation on slugs and late-instar caterpillars is extensively documented across Pterostichus, Carabus, and Calosoma genera.”
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