Species of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) inhabit a wide range herbs, shrubs, and trees. Horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, is an important ornamental tree in Europe and, addition to its importance for pollinators, it can serve as host plant these predatory mites. Little is, however, known about factors affecting spatiotemporal variability density phytoseiids on A. hippocast...

during a two-year (2004-2005) survey of alfalfa aphids and their natural enemies in isfahan, a total of four aphid species and 58 species of their natural enemies comprised of 45 predatory species, 11 parasitoid species and two species of parasitic mites were collected and identified. moreover, five hyperparasitoid species were collected. on each sampling date, six 20-sweep samples were taken u...

The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is an important pest of vegetables and other economically important crops. This study evaluated the functional responses and prey-stage preferences of three species of predators, a predatory gall midge, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and two predatory mite species, Neoseiulus californicus (McGre...