| Several characteristics of Orius laevigatus (Fieber) and Orius niger (Wollf) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) are investigated in the laboratory and in the vineyards. Indigenous O.laevigatus, O. niger and O.laevigatus from biofactory are compared as for the following characteristics: morphological differences among these three insects, life duration, length of the oviposition period, number of laid eggs, number of hatched eggs, percentage of hatched eggs, population dynamics of O.laevigatus and O.niger in the region of Apulia, population density of Frankliniella occidentalis and Orius spp. in the vineyard at flowering, presence of Orius spp. in South Bosnia and Herzegovina. Indigenous Orius laevigatus has a longer life than Orius laevigatus from biofactory and... |
