| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1973 |
| Authors: | A. W. Johnson, Hays K. L. |
| Journal: | Environmental Entomology |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 1116-1117 |
| Date Published: | 1973 |
| Keywords: | Alabama, Chrysops, Larvae, Predation, Tabanidae, Tabanus, USA |
| Abstract: | Studies carried out in 1969 and 1970 on predation on the egg-masses of species of Chrysops in a pond near Auburn, Alabama, in May-July showed that 3.1% were destroyed in this manner. Adults and larvae of the Coccinellid beetle Ceratomegilla Coleomegilla) maculata (Deg.) were often observed feeding on the egg-masses. Larvae of the arctiid moth Nola sorghiella Ril. and one adult of the fly Sepedon sp. were also observed feeding on them. One solitary sandpiper was found on stomach analysis to contain a Tabanus larva. |
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