Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Numbers of individuals of P.thysanopterus alive and killed by the predatory bug, M. moraguesi, over l00 infested leaves of F. nitida in the year 2016

From: Competition between two biocontrol agents attacking the thrips, Gynaikothips ficorum (Marchal) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), infesting the Cuban laurel, Ficus nitida Thunb., in Egypt

Case	Jan		Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alive	400		300	300	350	400	500	600	1200	1400	1700	800	450
Preyed	650		520	550	560	640	700	950	2100	2900	3000	1500	700
Total	1050		820	850	910	1040	1200	1550	3300	4300	4700	2300	1150
Predation rate	61.9		67.0	64.7	61.6	61.5	58.3	61.2	63.6	64.4	47.0	65.2	60.8

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