Eur. J. Entomol. 120: 70-80, 2023 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2023.010

Stage-specific vulnerability of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to intraguild predationIvo Hodek special issueOriginal article

Geneviève LABRIE ORCID...1, Roberto MESEGUER ORCID...2, *, Eric LUCAS ORCID...1
1 Laboratoire de Lutte Biologique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8; e-mails: glabrie@cram-mirabel.com, lucas.eric@uqam.ca
2 Department of Crop Protection and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida - Agrotecnio-CERCA Centre, 25198 Lleida, Spain; e-mail: roberto.meseguer@udl.cat

The multicoloured Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), is a widespread invasive ladybird. It is considered a top predator among the aphidophagous coccinellids in North America and Europe; thus, it is supposed to be free from predation pressure by other members of the guild. Our study aims to evaluate the stage-specific vulnerability of H. axyridis to intraguild predation (IGP) by the indigenous Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timberlake and the invasive Propylea quatuordecimpunctata Linnaeus. We hypothesised that (1) H. axyridis stages will be less susceptible to IGP than the two other species, (2) vulnerability to IGP will decrease with the age of the larvae and (3) vulnerability to IGP will increase with increased weight difference between intraguild predator (IGPredator) and intraguild prey (IGPrey). Eggs, 1st and 2nd instars of H. axyridis were susceptible to IGP by both C. maculata and P. quatuordecimpunctata adults and larvae, but less vulnerable than the other beetles when facing the same IGPredator. Vulnerability to IGP for the three species was reduced with increased age of larvae and with decreased weight difference. Overall, H. axyridis was less vulnerable to IGP than the two other species, but the results confirm the fact that the status of IGPrey or IGPredator of H. axyridis will be determined by the stages of both species during the interactions.

Keywords: Ladybird, invasive species, Coleomegilla maculata lengi, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Received: January 24, 2023; Revised: March 20, 2023; Accepted: March 20, 2023; Published online: March 23, 2023  Show citation

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LABRIE, G., MESEGUER, R., & LUCAS, E. (2023). Stage-specific vulnerability of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to intraguild predation. EJE, 120, Article 70-80. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2023.010

This paper was contributed to a virtual special issue in memory of Ivo Hodek, a long-time editor of the European Journal of Entomo­logy, who died on June 11, 2021, shortly after his ninetieth birthday.

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