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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ressum/2009/6.pdf Last checked: 01/23/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Held, David W. |
Author Affiliation: | Mississippi State University |
Title: | Seasonal life history and suitability of horticultural plants as nectar sources for Larra bicolor, a parasitoid of mole crickets in the northern Gulf coast |
Section: | Integrated turfgrass management Other records with the "Integrated turfgrass management" Section
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Source: | 2009 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary. 2009, p. 6. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Insecticide application; Larra bicolor; Life cycle; Ornamental gardens; Parasitic insects; Vespidae
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Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study conducted to "determine the seasonal life history of Larra bicolor in the northern Gulf Coast." Describes the experiment and the methods used. Reports that "due to heavy summer rains, wasps were unable to be collected in mass during August or September [2009]." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 2006-26-334 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
USGA Summary Points: | Larra bicolor have a 4-5 month activity in the northern Gulf region to parasitize mole crickets. Wasps are active mostly during daylight hours. Although the impact of insecticides on L. bicolor have not been evaluated, turf managers wanting to conserve these biological controls should consider making insecticide applications later in the day as numbers of foraging wasps wane. In two trial, pentas, particularly white pentas, recruit equivalent numbers of L. bicolor as flowering Spermacoce verticillata. Wasps don't appear to be visually attracted to flowers, and experiments using volatile attractants are being conducted. |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Held, D. W. 2009. Seasonal life history and suitability of horticultural plants as nectar sources for Larra bicolor, a parasitoid of mole crickets in the northern Gulf coast. Turfgrass Environ. Res. Summ. p. 6. |
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