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Greenhouse evaluation of neonate and adult applications of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to control twospotted spider mite infestations

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Allen, Margaret Louise (2015): Greenhouse evaluation of neonate and adult applications of Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to control twospotted spider mite infestations. Florida Entomologist 98 (2): 714, DOI: 10.1653/024.098.0247, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.098.0247

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