Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0316

Predatory arthropod communities in Ohio soybean agroecosystems infested with the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Daniel M. Pavuk, dmpavuk@bgsu.edu1, Alan Sundermeier, sundermeier.5@osu.edu2, and Luke Sundermeier, lsunderm@heidelberg.edu2. (1) Bowling Green State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Insect Ecology Lab, 319 Life Sciences Bldg, Bowling Green, OH, (2) Ohio State University, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 639 South Dunbridge Road, Suite 1, Bowling Green, OH

Soybean agroecosystems infested with soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) during 2007 in northwest Ohio were surveyed to determine predatory arthropod communities present. Predatory arthropods were sampled by sweep netting, yellow sticky traps, and direct observations of aphid-infested plants. Soybeans were sampled from time of emergence in May until senescence in late summer. Predatory arthropods included several species of ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae), such as Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata, and Coleomegilla maculata, the predatory hemipteran, Orius insidiosus (Anthocoridae), and other predatory Hemiptera (Nabidae and Reduviidae), green lacewings(Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), and spiders (Araneae). A number of these predatory arthropod species may have potential as biological control agents of Aphis glycines in Ohio.


Species 1: Hemiptera Aphididae Aphis glycines (soybean aphid)
Species 2: Coleoptera Coccinellidae Harmonia axyridis (multicolored Asian lady beetle)
Species 3: Hemiptera Anthocoridae Orius insidiosus (insidious flower bug)