Claim · model-written summary
Ground beetle diversity varied with region and collection period; Pterostichus melanarius was most frequently collected.
- Taxon
- field peas, Pisum sativum Linnaeus (Fabaceae), and faba beans, Vicia faba Linnaeus (Fabaceae)e1
- Interactor
- Pterostichus melanarius
Pterostichus melanariuse0other - Outcome
- Ground beetle diversitye0
- Direction
- variede0
Verbatim
e0“Ground beetle diversity varied by region and collection period, but the most frequently collected species was Pterostichus melanarius , a potential predator of S. lineatus .”
e1“field peas, Pisum sativum Linnaeus (Fabaceae), and faba beans, Vicia faba Linnaeus (Fabaceae)”
Title
Maggie B. MacDonald; Dylan Sjolie; Regine Gries; et al. The Canadian Entomologist 2024. doi:10.4039/tce.2024.3
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Method / resource Traps captured both sexes of S. lineatus in all pulse-growing regions, including its first Peace River record.
- Method / resource Pheromone baited traps caught more weevils than unbaited traps.
- Method / resource Adding host plant volatiles did not increase weevil catch.
- Method / resource Traps in pea fields caught more weevils than traps in faba bean fields.
- Method / resource Rubber septa lures released more pheromones than microcentrifuge tube lures.
- Method / resource Rubber septa lures attracted similar or greater weevil numbers than microcentrifuge tube lures.
- Method / resource Semiochemical baits did not affect ground beetle capture.
