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METHOD FOR REARING GEOCORIS PALLENS (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE), A PREDATOR IN CALIFORNIA COTTON1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Victoria Y. Yokoyama
Victoria Y. Yokoyama
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach 90840
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Abstract

The western bigeyed bug, Geocoris pollens Stål, was successfully reared on a diet of sunflower seeds and eggs and nymphs of the large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , 01 January 1980 , pp. 1 - 3
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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