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Adult female Neoseiulus womersleyi feed on all stages of tetranychid mites, although they show a strong preference for eggs over adult females when both are available. We found that the oviposition rate of N. womersleyi females supplied with eggs of Tetranychus kanzawai or T. urticae was significantly higher than that of N. womersleyi females supplied with adult females of the respective prey species. The results suggested that the preference of N. womersleyi females for spider mite eggs simply reflected the optimal foraging of the females.
