Claim · #6495927
Chrysoperla carnea · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae eat soft-bodied insects including aphids, thrips, mealy bugs, soft scale, worms, and mites”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chrysoperla carnea larvae are well-documented generalist predators of aphids and other soft-bodied prey; quote supports claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Green lacewing larvae (aphid lions) are textbook predators of aphids, thrips, mealybugs, scale, and mites.”
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