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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 496-502.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2026.01.006

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Predation Function on Different Stages of Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) by the Orius strigicollis

FU Zuying1,2, LUO Yingning3, MIAO Miao3, WANG Ying2, LIU Chang2, ZHANG Rong2, BAN Liping3, TAN Yao1, WEI Shuhua2   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010010, China;
    2. Institute of Plant Protection, Ningxia Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China;
    3. College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2024-09-27 Published:2026-05-14

Abstract: The predatory role and biological control potential of the Orius strigicollis on Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) were investigated by recording the predatory duration and capacity of adult O. strigicollis on T. trifolii at different age stages in laboratory, and the Holling II and Hassell-Varley models were fitted to calculate the time of feeding, the response of predation function, the searching effect and the mutual interference of adult O. strigicollis on T. trifolii. The results showed that the adult O. strigicollis had the shortest predatory duration(7.33 min) on the 1st instar nymph of T. trifolii, and that the predatory capacity, i.e., the ratio of the instantaneous attack rate to the time of handling a single prey, was 44.9, with the theoretical daily maximum predatory capacity of 50. O. strigicollis had the longest predatory duration (38.67 min) on the adult T. trifolii and the predatory capacity was 13.93, with the theoretical daily maximum predatory capacity of 18.18. The daily predatory capacity of adult O. strigicollis was positively correlated with the density of the prey and negatively correlated with the searching effect. The predatory rate and the intensity of scrambling competition decreased with the increase of its own density. In conclusion, O. strigicollis has a high potential for biological control of T. trifolii, especially for the 1st instar nymph.

Key words: Orius similis, Therioaphis trifolii, preation function, interference response

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