RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE PREDACEOUS MITES AND INSECTS COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES AT DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Agricultural Zoology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

Abstract

Survey study of predaceous mites and insects inhabiting fruit trees and vegetable crops conducted through one year during successive seasons of                   2001 / 2002 proved the occurrence of eight predaceous mites and five predaceous insects. The collected mites were mainly mesostigmatids and prostigmatides, Also, The collected insect were mainly from three families Coccinellidae, Chrysopidae and Cecidomyidae.