Claim · #6495929
Coccinellidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Larvae & adults eat: Aphids, Mealy bugs, Mites, Soft scale, Eggs of insect pests”
- 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
“Coccinellidae larvae and adults consume aphids, scale, and other soft prey; canonical biocontrol agents.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Ladybird larvae and adults are well-documented predators of aphids, mealybugs, mites, soft scale, and eggs.”
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