Table 1. Eight predator-prey combination treatments.
Treatments Insect species
1 No insects (control)
2 ~ 100–150 Myzus lythri (herbivore) adult and nymphs
3 100 Galercuella calmariensis (herbivore) 1st instars
4 ~ 100–150 M. lythri adult and nymphs + 100 G. calmariensis 1st instars
5 ~ 100–150 M. lythri adult and nymphs + 3 Harmonia axyridis (predator 1) 2nd instars
6 100 G. calmariensis 1st instar larvae + 3 Chrysoperla carnea (predator 2) 2nd instars
7 ~ 100–150 M. lythri adult and nymphs + 100 G. calmariensis 1st instars + 3 H. axyridis 2nd instars
8 ~ 100–150 M. lythri adult and nymphs, 100 G. calmariensis 1st instars + 3 C. carnea 2nd instars