Predation on adult Aphytis parasitoids in the field

George E. Heimpel; Jay A. Rosenheim; Marc Mangel

doi:10.1007/s004420050168

Predation on adult Aphytis parasitoids in the field

George E. Heimpel, Jay A. Rosenheim, Marc Mangel

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We report on predation on adult females of the parasitoids Aphytis aonidiae and A. vandenboschi (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) foraging in the field. During 89.6 h of observation, we witnessed 18 encounters with predators, 6 of which resulted in parasitoid capture. Three classes of generalist predators attacked Aphytis: spiders (unidentified Salticidae and Thomisidae) workers of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and nymphs of the assassin bug Zelus renardii (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Although observations were conducted during most months of the year, encounters with predators occurred only during September, October and November. During these months, encounters with predators occurred on average every 3.2 h of observation, with one in three encounters resulting in parasitoid capture. Peaks in predation coincided with population peaks of A. aonidiae, but were unrelated to population dynamics of any of the predators. We compare these results with previously published laboratory studies on longevity of Aphytis parasitoids, and conclude that predation pressure has the potential to severely limit parasitoid fitness in the field.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	346-352
Number of pages	7
Journal	Oecologia
Volume	110
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420050168
State	Published - Apr 2 1997

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Acknowledgements We thank Edward Sills for allowing us to use his private land for this study; D. Kattari, J.M. Adams and F. Hernandez for assistance in the field and laboratory; D. Rosen for parasitoid identification and P. Ward for ant identification. We also thank S. Ben-Shalom, T.R. Collier, L.E. Ehler, K. Hobson, A.R. Ives, M.A. Jervis, P.J. Ode, M.S. Strand and an anonymous reviewer for comments on the manuscript. This research was supported in part by USDA competitive grant 9202357 to JA Rose-nheim, and a University of California Statewide IPM project grant to GE Heimpel and JA Rosenheim.

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Aphytis parasitoids
Population dynamics
Predation pressure

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Predation on adult Aphytis parasitoids in the field

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