coccinellid
Noun
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Noun
coccinellid (plural coccinellids)
- (zoology) Any species of the ladybird family Coccinellidae.
- The numbers of aphids and coccinellids counted on the plot are shown in figure 5.05.
- 1998, Wolfgang Nentwig, Weedy Plant Species and Their Beneficial Arthropods: Potential for Manipulation in Field Crops, Charles Hammond Pickett, Robert Lyman Bugg (editors), Enhancing Biological Control: Habitat Management to Promote Natural Enemies, page 60 ↗,
- Thus aphids are an important factor for coccinellids, but other issues are involved as well. The correlation between aphid and coccinellid abundance is significant, but shows such a high variance that no predictions are possible.
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