Functional Responses of Nephus arcuatus Kapur (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), the Most Important Predator of Spherical Mealybug Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead)

Table 4

Parameters estimated by an equation with indicator variable for comparing type III functional response parameters of 3rd and 4th instar larvae and females of N. arcuatus.

Comparison stage	Estimate	Approximate SE	Approximate 95% confidence
			Lower	Upper
3rd instar-4th instar
	−0.00760	0.00763	−0.0226	0.00743
		0.0134	−0.2835	−0.2309
3rd instar-female
	−0.00562	0.00545	−0.0164	0.00512
	−0.1214	0.0116	−0.1443	−0.0985
4th instar-female
	0.00198	0.00407	−0.00604	0.0100
	0.1358	0.0133	0.1095	0.1621

Significant difference parameters shown in bold face.