Claim · #6495793
Lygus hesperus · pest pressure · Fragaria × ananassa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lygus bug on strawberries”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 31
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus is a major California strawberry pest causing catfacing; alfalfa trap cropping is a textbook diversion tactic.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lygus hesperus (Miridae) feeding on strawberry fruit is well-established; classification, host, and damage pattern correct.”
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