Inaugural studies of the life history and predator/prey associations of Heringia calcarata (Loew)(Diptera: Syrphidae), a specialist predator of the woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann)(Homoptera: Eriosomatidae)

The life history of the aphidophagous syrphid fly, Heringia calcarata (Loew), a specialist predator of woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), was studied in Virginia from 2001 to 2003, under field and laboratory conditions. Pronounced differences in the chorionic sculpting of eggs of Eup...

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Main Author: Short, Brent D.
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9700
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12152003-103654