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1 January 2017 Impacts of Selected Insecticides on the Predatory Mite, Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Yong In Kuk, Sang Soo Kim
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Abstract

Impacts of field rates of selected insecticides on the predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae), were evaluated in laboratory bioassays. In topical treatments with chlorantraniliprole, flonicamid, flubendiamide, indoxacarb, metaflumizone, pymetrozine, spinetoram, and thiacloprid, 86–92% of N. californicus adult females survived 168 h after exposure. Females exposed to the insecticides produced 86–98% as many eggs as did the females in the controls, and eclosion of eggs was not affected. Moreover, the percentage of eggs that hatched, and larval survival following direct exposure to the insecticides, were not reduced. Immature N. californicus survived on leaf discs with insecticidal residues, with 94–98% reaching adulthood. Based on these results, these insecticides evaluated in these laboratory bioassays are promising candidates for use in integrated pest management programs where N. californicus is a natural enemy.

Yong In Kuk and Sang Soo Kim "Impacts of Selected Insecticides on the Predatory Mite, Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)," Journal of Entomological Science 52(1), 60-67, (1 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.18474/JES16-21.1
Received: 13 June 2016; Accepted: 1 September 2016; Published: 1 January 2017
KEYWORDS
field rates
insecticides
integrated pest management
Neoseiulus californicus
predatory mite
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