Predation rate of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae with and without defense by Podisus nigrispinus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

The effect of the defense of the prey Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on predation rates of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) females was studied. P. nigrispinus preyed 1.0, 1.4, 1.2, 3.8 and 3.0 and 0.4, 0.8, 1.6, 2.8 and 3.2 third instars of S. fr...

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Main Authors: José Cola Zanuncio, Carlos Alberto Domingues da Silva, Eraldo Rodrigues de Lima, Fabrício Fagundes Pereira, Francisco de Souza Ramalho, José Eduardo Serrão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000100015