Claim · #6495987
Muhlenbergia rigens · provides refuge · Coccinellidae (family)
provides refuge · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Deergrass and other clumping grasses are excellent habitats for overwintering ladybugs”
- 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
“Bunchgrass clumps documented as ladybeetle overwintering refugia; quote directly supports claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coccinellids overwinter in grass tussocks/litter; Muhlenbergia provides such microhabitat.”
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