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An Ecological Study of Coccinellidae (Col.) associated with Aphis fabae Scop. on Vicia faba1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. J. Banks
C. J. Banks
Affiliation:
Dept. of Entomology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden.
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Changes in numbers of adult Coccinellids on nettles infested with Microlophium evansi (Theo.) and on three experimental bean plots infested with Aphis fabae Scop. are described for the spring and summer of 1952 at Rothamsted. Of the three common species, Adalia bipunctata (L.), Coccinella septempunctata L. and Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L.), the first was always the most abundant.

The overwintered Coccinellids produced two broods: one on nettles in the spring and one on beans in early summer.

On bean plots, changes in numbers of the adult insects occurred in three phases: (1) overwintered ladybirds, dispersing from nettles and other places, accumulated on the beans in the early stages of the infestations by Aphis fabae; (2) ladybirds, which had developed from eggs laid by the overwintered insects on nettles, emigrated from nettles and accumulated on the beans when A. fabae populations were at their height; (3) ladybirds, developed from eggs laid on the beans also by the overwintered insects, reached the adult stage when the bean aphid infestations had finished. The rise and fall of the A. fabae populations are discussed.

One of the bean plots had always a high population of Coceinellids, which was attributed to its situation between two of the nettle sites. The other two bean plots were remote from nettles and one was sheltered by trees and buildings; their coccinellid populations were much lower.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , October 1955 , pp. 561 - 587
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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