Predatory Response of the Pirate Bug, Orius sauteri Poppius (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) on Frankliniella occidentalis, Aphid gossypii and Tetranychus urticae
Daily predation of femlae/male O. sauteri during nymphal development were 4.2/3.9, 11.4/9.5, 14.3/10.8, and 14.7/12.5 at 17, 22, 27, and 32℃, respectively, and consumed 14.3/10.8 thrips, 7.5/7.2 aphids, 45.9/38.8 mites at 27℃, respectively. Adult females ate 42.8 thrips daily during preoviposition period and 63.2 thrips during oviposition period at 27℃. Predation by O. sauteri on F. occidentalis increased as the density of F. occidentalis increased. However, the rate of increase gradually lessened, resembling a Holling’s type II functional response. The attack rate of adult female is higher than that of the 5th nymph. Adult female and 5th nymph of O. sauteri appeared to prefer 2nd larva of F. occidentalis.