Abstract
Functional and numerical responses of Encarsia acaudaleyrodis Hayat parasitizing Bemisia tabaci Gennadius were investigated under laboratory conditions. Newly emerged pairs of parasitoids were confined for 24 h in 8 cm Petri dishes together with 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, or 100 individuals of B. tabaci at their third nymphal stage. The parasitoid exhibited a type II functional response, attacking up to 9.6 nymphs when 100 had been provided. The rate of attack and handling time were 0.0554 and 2.3068 h, respectively. The number of eggs deposited by a single parasitoid depended on the number of host individuals, the maximum being 44.4 when the number of nymphs was 100. At the above-mentioned densities, the parasitoid lived 8.5 days on average.
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