Research Article

Foraging Behavior of Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) a Parasitoid of Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Wheat

Table 3

Mean ± SE per capita parasitism and searching efficiency of Praon volucre on Sitobion avenae.

Parasitoid densitiesPer capita parasitismPer capita searching efficiency (a)

1 1 3 . 6 ± 0 . 9 3 a 0 . 1 2 0 6 ± 0 . 0 0 8 a
2 9 . 8 0 ± 0 . 3 8 b 0 . 0 8 9 3 ± 0 . 0 0 3 b
4 8 . 6 5 ± 0 . 0 8 b 0 . 0 8 5 0 ± 0 . 0 0 1 b
6 6 . 5 1 ± 0 . 1 5 c 0 . 0 6 5 8 ± 0 . 0 0 1 c
8 5 . 7 2 ± 0 . 0 6 c 0 . 0 6 0 1 ± 0 . 0 0 1 c