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Fecundity of commercially available convergent lady beetles, Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville, following shipment

Susan Bjørnson Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3C3Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 633-637 | Received 09 Nov 2007, Published online: 13 Aug 2008

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