Claim · #6495591
Vespoidea (superfamily) · biocontrol · aphid pests of potato
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphids are predated by various other insects such as wasps and ladybirds”
- Source
- Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview
- Authors
- Chakraborty S., Newton A.C.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Plant Pathology
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Predatory wasps (Vespidae) do prey on aphids; mechanism note conflates predation with parasitism but core claim holds.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Vespoidea (social wasps) predate aphids; parasitism would be Aphidiinae (Braconidae), but predation alone is supported.”
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