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Generalist red velvet mite predator (Balaustium leanderi)
performs better on a mixed diet
Karen Muñoz-Cárdenas1,3
Luz Fuentes2
Fernando Cantor3
Daniel Rodríguez3
Arne Janssen1
Maurice W. Sabelis1
Photography: Jan van Arkel1
1. IBED, University of Amsterdam.2. Centro de Biosistemas, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
3. Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
contact: [email protected]
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Predator cultures
Leaves with prey
Predatory mites
Humid peat
Towel paper
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Experimental units
Petri dish lid wrapped with paper towel
Opaque PVC tube fragment
Rose leaflet
Plastic wrap barrier
Piece of cork
Plastic tube with water
Cork provides oviposition sites
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Experimental units
Petri dish lid wrapped with paper towel
Transparent PVC tube fragment
Rose leaflet
Plastic wrap barrier
Plastic tube with water
Arenas to assess juvenile development
Eggs must be kept on wet cotton
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Experimental units
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Balaustium leanderi
Life cycle
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Eggs
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Prelarva
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Larva
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Protonymph
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Deutonymph
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Tritonymph
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Emerging adult
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Balaustium leanderi preying on a greenhouse
whitefly adult
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Balaustium leanderi adult preying on western flower
thrips larva
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Balaustium leanderi adult preying on two-spotted spider mite adult
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0.166 mmx
0.20 mmEgg size
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Balaustium leanderi exhibits big-bang reproduction