Research Article

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

Figure 1

Functional responses of N. arcuatus to different densities of N. viridis. L1: 1st instar larva, L2: 2nd instar larva, L3: 3rd instar larva, L4: 4th instar larva: M: male, and F: female. Symbols are observed data and lines were predicted by model.