Biology of the predatory Amblyseius herbicolus MITE (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeds on pollen and on Tetranychus urticae
Biologia Do Àcaro Predador Amblyseius Herbicolus Alimentado por Pólen e Pela Presa Tetranychus Urticae
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Oliveira, H., Fadini, M., Rezende, D., Soto Giraldo, A., Girón Pérez, K., Aramendiz Tatis, H., & Pallini, A. (2009). Biology of the predatory Amblyseius herbicolus MITE (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeds on pollen and on Tetranychus urticae. Sour Topics, 14(2), 43-45. https://doi.org/10.21897/rta.v14i2.674
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In population risings accomplished in strawberry plant cultivations, A. herbicolus was found in plants infested by the two-spotted mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). T. urticae is the main curse strawberries’ plants, exists a constant search of new species with potential agent of biological control against that phytophagous. This way, the objective of that work was to evaluate the biology of the predaceous mite A. herbicolus when fed by diets composed by castor oil plant pollen, T. urticae and the association of castor oil plant pollen and T. urticae. Those diets constituted the treatments of the experiment that it was driven under controlled conditions (T = 25±2ºC, RH = 65±10% and photoperiod 13:00h (L:D) on arenas made with strawberries’ leaves (Ø = 2.5 cm). The results demonstrated that the juvenile phase of the predaceous mite A. herbicolus is just completed when the same was fed by pollen and by pollen and T. urticae. The largest longevity of the predator was observed when the same was fed by the diet composed just by pollen, however larger oviposition tax was observed when A. herbicolus was fed by the association of the pollen diets and T. urticae. The obtained data demonstrated that the predaceous mite A. herbicolus reaches the adult phase only when fed by diets containing pollen. However, in the adult phase, A. herbicolus needs if it feeds from diets to the base of T. urticae to obtain larger energy and like this, consequently to present reproductive potential adult.
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