Ecology and behaviour of the ladybird beetles (coccinellidae).

• Main Author: Hodek, Ivo
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Honěk, A. (Alois), Van Emden, H. F. (Helmut Fritz)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Ladybugs.; Zoology.; Science.; NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.; Electronic books.

Ladybirds are probably the best known predators of aphids and coccids in the world, though this greatly underestimates the diversity of their biology. Maximising their impact on their prey is an important element in modern conservation biological control of indigenous natural enemies in contrast to...