Stone structures as potential aggregation sites for coccinellids in managed landscapes

Title
Stone structures as potential aggregation sites for coccinellids in managed landscapes
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Saunders, Manu
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-8277
Email: msaund28@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:msaund28
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:23045
Abstract
Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are predators of aphid and psyllid species and are often released or encouraged into timber plantations as natural enemies of economic pests. Some temperate coccinellid species overwinter in mass aggregations; however, little is known about coccinellid aggregations in Australia. Aggregations of Harmonia conformis were observed only on stone walls of a camp shelter near Shelley, Victoria in July 2014. Publication of more observational records and dedicated surveys will determine if old stone walls and buildings in managed landscapes have the potential to provide overwintering habitat for natural enemies and other beneficial insects.
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Citation
The Victorian Naturalist, 132(3), p. 86-88
ISSN
0042-5184
Start page
86
End page
88

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