Mother-Offspring Relations: Prey Quality and Maternal Size Affect Egg Size of an Acariphagous Lady Beetle in Culture
Figure 1
Mean ± SEM length (a) and volume (b) of eggs laid by 10 predators (mothers) fed high quality or low quality prey over combined harvest dates. Egg volume generated from mean egg length and mean egg width. High quality or low quality prey represent spider mites that fed on foliage of Fordhook or Henderson lima bean, respectively.
