Intraguild predation of non-coccinellid aphid natural enemies by Harmonia axyridis: prey range and factors influencing intraguild predation
Wells, P.; Baverstock, J.; Roy, Helen; Jiggins, F.; Pell, J. K.. 2009 Intraguild predation of non-coccinellid aphid natural enemies by Harmonia axyridis: prey range and factors influencing intraguild predation. [Lecture] In: 1st meeting of the IOBC WPRS study group on Benefits and Risks Associated with Exotic Biological Control Agents, Engelberg, Switzerland, 6-10 September 2009.Full text not available from this repository.
Although Harmonia axyridis has been recorded as an intraguild predator of various aphidiophagous coccinellids, little is known about its interactions with other aphid natural enemies. We assessed the intraguild interactions between H. axyridis and four non-coccinellid aphid natural enemies (two species of parasitoid plus a lacewing and hoverfly). Petri dish trials showed that H. axyridis is an intraguild predator of 2nd instar lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea) larvae but not 3rd instar larvae . Predation of developing Aphidius ervi and Praon volucre parasitoid mummies was only observed occasionally. Experiments at a larger spatial scale and in more complex environments are needed to determine whether these interactions are ecologically important. The effect of alternative prey density, prey species and host plant species on intraguild predation was assessed. Preliminary results suggest that the density of alternative prey (pea aphid) does not affect predation of 2nd instar C. carnea by H. axyridis on single bean plants. Field sampling is being done to investigate the effect of habitat and season on the interactions between aphids, their native natural enemies and H. axyridis.
|Item Type:||Publication - Conference Item (Lecture)|
|Programmes:||CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 3 - Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment > BD - 3.1 - Develop methods to quantify the link between biodiversity ..
CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 2 - Ecological Processes in the Environment
|Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:||Subsequently published as a chapter in: Proceedings of the first meeting on “Harmonia axyridis and other ladybirds”|
|NORA Subject Terms:||Ecology and Environment
Agriculture and Soil Science
|Date made live:||18 Feb 2010 15:26|
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