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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Estimated logistic regression coefficients for adult female Amblyseius swirskii and Euseius scutalis feeding on Eutetranychus orientalis egg and protonymph after 24 h at varying prey densities

From: Foraging behaviors of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot and Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feed on the invasive pest, Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Predator

Prey stages

Coefficients (SE)

χ2

p value

A. swirskii

Egg

P0

1.5793 (0.175)

81.83

< 0.001

P1

− 0.0351 (0.009)

15.85

< 0.001

P2

0.0004 (0.000)

0.42

= 0.513

Protonymph

P0

4.8547 (0.475)

104.41

< 0.001

P1

− 0.1208 (0.020)

37.58

< 0.001

P2

0.0015 (0.000)

14.67

< 0.001

E. scutalis

Protonymph

P0

2.1675 (0.384)

31.38

< 0.001

P1

− 0.1258 (0.042)

8.79

= 0.003

P2

0.0035 (0.001)

4.59

= 0.032

P3

0.0005 (0.000)

4.18

= 0.041

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