Sime, K.R., & Daane, K.M. 2014 A Comparison of Two Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of the Vine Mealybug: Rapid, Non-Discriminatory Oviposition Is Favored When Ants Tend the Host. Environmental Entomology 43(4): 995-1002

Keywords:

  • ant association
  • behavior
  • natural enemies
  • Notes: These results suggest that under certain conditions, including optimal conditions of temperature and host-stage availability, Coccidoxenoides.perminutus outperforms Anagyrusa,/ia.. nr. sp. pseudococci, and may be an effective augmentative control agent even when ants are tending Planococcus ficus.