Claim · #6494916
Scaeva pyrastri · biocontrol · Brevicoryne brassicae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Scaeva pyrastri (Linnaeus) ate 550 B. brassicae”
- 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
- 232
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Scaeva pyrastri is a recognized large aphidophagous syrphid; per-larva consumption of ~550 aphids is consistent with its body size.”
- entomologist · plausible
“550 B. brassicae per larva is within published consumption ranges for S. pyrastri development.”
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