Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-m9kch Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-01T04:46:20.525Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Note on Mediolata mali (Ewing) (Acarina: Raphignatidae) as a Predator of the European Red Mite1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. Parent
Affiliation:
Fruit Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory St. Jean, Quebec
E. J. LeRoux
Affiliation:
Fruit Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory St. Jean, Quebec

Extract

Early in July, 1953, a yellowish mite was observed feeding on active forms of the European red mite, Metatetranychus ulmi (Koch), in an orchard at Rougement, Qué., where a minimum of pesticides (insecticides and acaricides) detrimental to the natural fauna had been used for two years. The mite increased considerably in numbers during 1954 and 1955, contributing noticeably to the control of the European red mite.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1956

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Baker, E., and Wharton, C. W.. 1952. An introduction to acarology. The Macmillan Co., New York.Google Scholar
Ewing, H. E. 1917. New species of economic mites. J. Econ. Ent. 10: 497501.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Garman, P. 1948. Mite species from apple trees in Connecticut. Connecticut Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. 520.Google Scholar
Groves, J. R. 1951. A synopsis of the world literature on the fruit tree red spider mite, Metatetr-anychus uhmi (Koch), and its predators. Commonwealth Inst. Ent., 41Queen's Gate, London, S.W. 7.Google Scholar