Carabidae (family)

biocontrol

• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on weeds (mixed) · effect: beneficial

  “predacious carabid beetles that feed on weed seeds smaller in HT crop fields”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods #6492468
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aphidoidea (superfamily) · effect: context_dependent

  “ground beetles disrupted aphid control by parasitoid wasps through preying selectively on the parasitised aphids”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 60 #6492492
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aphididae (family) · effect: beneficial

  “aphid siphunculi and claws ... recognisable fragments generally found in the guts of carabid and staphylinid beetles”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 76 #6492553
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aphididae (family) · effect: beneficial

  “predatory Coleoptera overwintering in field boundaries”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 98 #6492646
• This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Lepidoptera (order) · effect: beneficial

  “they prey upon slugs and late instar caterpillars”

  preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
  Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 182 #6494885