Claim · #6495800
Hippodamia convergens · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Hippodamia convergens--convergent lady beetle ... from sorghum to cotton”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hippodamia convergens is a well-documented aphidophagous predator; sorghum-to-cotton spillover is established biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Convergent lady beetles predate aphids at all stages; sorghum strip spillover into cotton is a documented IPM tactic.”
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