Effect of Temperature on Demography and Predation Rate of Menochilus sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Reared on Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Effect of Temperature on Demography and Predation Rate of Menochilus sexmaculatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Reared on Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Ayesha Iftikhar1,*, Muhammad Asif Aziz1, Muhammad Naeem1, Munir Ahmad1 and Tariq Mukhtar2
Fig. 1.
Age-stage specific survival rate (Sx, i) of M. sexmaculatus reared on P. solenopsis at different temperatures.
Fig. 2.
Age specific survival rates (lx), fecundities (mx), maternities (lxmx) and age-stage specific fecundities (fx7) of M. sexmaculatus reared on P. solenopsis at different temperatures.
Fig. 3.
Age-specific predation rates (kx), age-specific net predation rates (qx) of M. sexmaculatus reared on P. solenopsis at different temperatures.
October 2018
Vol. 50, Iss. 5, Pages 1601-1998
