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Modeling Thermal Developmental Trajectories and Thermal Requirements of the Ladybird Stethorus gilvifrons

  • Maryam Jafari,
  • Shila Goldasteh,
  • Hossein Ranjbar Aghdam,
  • Abbas Ali Zamani,
  • Ebrahim Soleyman-Nejadian and
  • Peter Schausberger
Insects2023, 14(1), 11;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010011

22 December 2022

The development rate of the predatory ladybird, Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant), fed on Tetranychus urticae Koch, was determined at 15, 20, 25, 27, 30, 34, and 38 °C. The total development time from egg to adult emergence for females was esti...

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Effects of Three Artificial Diets on Life History Parameters of the Ladybird Beetle Stethorus gilvifrons, a Predator of Tetranychid Mites

  • Jafar Ebrahimifar,
  • Parviz Shishehbor,
  • Arash Rasekh,
  • Seyed Ali Hemmati and
  • Eric W. Riddick
Insects2020, 11(9), 579;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090579

1 September 2020

Background: The ladybird beetle Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant) is an important natural enemy of tetranychid mites and functions as a biological control of these plant pests. The development, survival and reproduction of S. gilvifrons were studied whe...

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Thermal Oviposition Performance of the Ladybird Stethorus gilvifrons Preying on Two-Spotted Spider Mites

  • Maryam Jafari,
  • Hossein Ranjbar Aghdam,
  • Abbas Ali Zamani,
  • Shila Goldasteh,
  • Ebrahim Soleyman-Nejadian and
  • Peter Schausberger
Insects2023, 14(2), 199;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020199

16 February 2023

The ladybird, Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is an important predator of two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), in southeastern Europe and western and southwestern Asia, such as Iran, I...

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Evaluation of Artemia franciscana Cysts to Improve Diets for Mass Rearing Stethorus gilvifrons, a Predator of Tetranychus turkestani

  • Jafar Ebrahimifar,
  • Parviz Shishehbor,
  • Arash Rasekh,
  • Seyed Ali Hemmati and
  • Eric W. Riddick
Insects2021, 12(7), 632;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070632

13 July 2021

Stethorus gilvifrons is an acarophagous coccinellid distributed in the Mediterranean region and could potentially be mass-reared for the augmentative biological control of Tetranychus turkestani and related species on crop plants. The hypot...

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Behavioral Response of a Specialist Predator, Stethorus gilvifrons (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera), to Cope with Web Structures of Four Different Spider Mite Pest Species

  • Jawwad Hassan Mirza,
  • Muhammad Kamran and
  • Fahad Jaber Alatawi
Agriculture2023, 13(3), 582;https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030582

27 February 2023

The present study aimed to evaluate the web coping and attack behavior of a specialist mite predator, Stethorus gilvifrons, against the webbing structures of different spider mite pest species: Oligonychus afrasiaticus, Tetranychus urticae, Eute...

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