From introduction: In South Africa the native ladybird beetle Exochomus flaviventris Mader feeds on the introduced cochineal insect Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Pettey, 1943, 1946, 1948; Geyer, 1947 a, b; Pettey and Marais, 1950). It has also been reported to feed on Dactylopius austrinus Lindley (Geyer, 1947 a; Pettey, 1948), but this appears to occur rarely in the field (H.G. Zimmermann and H.G. Robertson pers. camm. ; Appendix 1 ). This thesis attempts to determine why E. flaviventris feeds on D. opuntiae in the field but not on D. austrinus.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:5819 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Morrison, John Frederick |
| Publisher | Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Zoology and Entomology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | 88 p., pdf |
| Rights | Morrison, John Frederick |
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