Evaluation of Predatory Mites and Acramite for Control of Twospotted Spider Mites in Strawberries in North Central Florida

2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 1291-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena M. Rhodes ◽  
Oscar E. Liburd
Keyword(s):  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Spider Mites ◽  
North Central ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Twospotted Spider

scholarly journals Evaluation of Miticides and Predatory Mites for Managing Twospotted Spider Mites on A Herba-Ceous Perennial Goutweed, 1997

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 345-346
Author(s):  
T. Abbey ◽  
L. Pundt
Keyword(s):  
Predatory Mites ◽  
Spider Mites ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Predatory Mite ◽  
Untreated Check ◽  
Shipment Container ◽  
Twospotted Spider

Abstract A test was conducted in Cheshire, CT, to determine the efficacy of five miticides and two predatory mite species for control of TSSM. There was also an untreated check. Treatments were arranged in a RCBD with four replications. Plots consisted of 12 container-grown plants in a 1.7 ft2 plastic flat. The trial cultivar ‘Variegate’ was planted on 1 Apr. Miticides were applied to the foliage from the top and sides with a Solo backpack sprayer at 60 psi with 35.3 gpa. Predatory mites were placed into the treatment plots by gently brushing them off of the lip of the shipment container. All treatments were applied on 18 Jul. Five leaves were removed from each treatment plot on 17, 25 Jul and 1, 8 and 15 Aug to count the eggs and motile TSSM. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and LSD.

scholarly journals A Kleptoparasitic Cecidomyiid and Other Flies Associated With Spiders

1980 ◽  
Vol 87 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 337-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sivinski ◽  
Mark Stowe
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Mature Male ◽  
North Central ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Single Exception ◽  
Dominant Member

Spiders and their webs are predictable sources of insect cadavers. A small number of animals regularly exploit this resource, either as kleptoparasites or commensals, depending on whether symbionts compete for the same prey (see Robinson and Robinson, 1977, for more detailed terminology). Among the thieves are specialized spiders (citations in Vollrath 1979a, 1979b), mature male and juvenile spiders (Stowe 1978, citations in Nyffeler and Benz 1980), Hemiptera (Davis and Russell 1969), a hummingbird (takes webbing in addition to small insects, Young 1971), panorpid scorpion-flies (Thornhill 1975), Lepidoptera larvae (Robinson 1978), wasps (Jeanne 1972), damselflies (Vollrath 1977), and a handful of flies (reviews in Knab 1915; Bristowe 1931, 1941; Lindner 1937; Richards 1953; Robinson and Robinson 1977). Only a few of the reports on Diptera kleptoparasites originate from North America (McCook 1889, Frost 1913, Downes and Smith 1969). With a single exception (Downes and Smith 1969), all of the previously described kleptoparasitic flies belong to the Brachycera and Cyclorrhapha. We report here on a surprisingly diverse kleptoparasitic Diptera fauna in north central Florida with a cecidomyiid (Nematocera) as its dominant member.

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