Abstract

Campylomma livida, according to tests with cotton, is both predacious and phytophagous. Bugs fed prey (Heliothis eggs) and parts of cotton plants (tips or squares) developed faster than bugs fed cotton alone and faster than bugs provided only with prey. Survival and fecundity was also higher on the mixed diet. Bugs exposed to cotton seedlings or squares did cause damage (which is described), but the amount of damage per bug was low. C. livida therefore has the potential to damage early‐season cotton in eastern Australia, but its potential for damaging cotton crops requires further investigation. Interpretation of C. livida ecology on cotton will require a better understanding of the species status of the taxon C. livida, and a better understanding of its host plant relationships.

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