Research Article

Effect of Plant Characteristics and Within-Plant Distribution of Prey on Colonization Efficiency of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Adults

Table 2

Handling and cleaning time (minutes ± SD) of C. montrouzieri adults feeding on different sizes of mealybug.

Mealybug size ( )Handling timeCleaning TimeTotal

Small (  mm)
Medium (  mm)
Large (  mm)

*Means within columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different (F test, ).