TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The role of Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) in control of the spider mites in Hawaii VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 400 EP - 405 PY - 1973 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Prasad, V. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3247 DA - 1974-03-22 KW - Acari KW - Phytoseiulus macropilis KW - control KW - Tetranychus telarius KW - Hawaii AB - Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) occurs on a variety of plants infested by spider mites and false spider mites in Hawaii. It is present in field in large numbers during August-September. The population of the prey increases rapidly when predators are absent and declines when they are present on the plants. In absence of food, the adults of P. macropilis feed on their own immature stages. ER -