Claim · model-written summary
The ratio was 150 to 440 aphids per predator.
- Interactor
- aphidsAphidomorphae0pest
- Second interactor
- predatore0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- numerical ratioe0
- Value
- 150 to 440 aphids per predatore0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The numerical ratio ranged from 150 to 440 aphids per predator, and among these, syrphids were the most abundant, followed by lacewings and coccinellids (Scymnus).”
t0“Citrus”
Title
Citrus Aphids in Algarve Region (Portugal): Species, Hosts, and Biological Control
Paulo Eduardo Branco Paiva; Luís Mascarenhas Neto; Natália Tomás Marques; et al. Ecologies 2024. doi:10.3390/ecologies5010007
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Observation Aphis spiraecola represented over 80% of aphids on citrus.
- Association Citrus leaf deformation from Aphis spiraecola was proportional to aphid density.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation A. aurantii occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation Macrosiphum euphorbiae occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation Aphid nymphs outnumbered adults in every species.
- Observation A. citricidus was not detected in citrus orchards.
- Observation A. spiraecola populations peaked on lemon in spring above 100 per shoot.
- Observation A. spiraecola populations peaked on orange in spring above 100 per shoot.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in orange trees.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in lemon trees.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in mandarin trees.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred mainly in mandarin trees.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred mainly in tangor trees.
- Observation Lysiphlebus spp. parasitism of A. spiraecola was low at 0.3–1.5%.
- Observation Binodoxys spp. parasitism of A. spiraecola was low at 0.3–1.5%.
- Observation syrphids occurred among aphid predators.
- Observation lacewings occurred among aphid predators.
- Observation coccinellids (Scymnus) occurred among aphid predators.