Table 1. Functional response of N. californicus adult females to the different life stages of T. urticae at different temperatures.

Temperature	Stage	a (Attack rate)	Th (Handling time)	a/Th	T/Th ( K)	Na (Functional response equation)	R2 (Correlation coefficient)
24 °C	Adult	0.357	0.037	9.581	26.81	0.357N/(1 + 0.013N)	0.861
	Nymph	0.609	0.013	46.82	76.92	0.609N/(1 + 0.008N)	0.936
	Larvae	0.537	0.021	25.09	46.02	0.537N/(1 + 0.011N)	0.946
	Egg	0.626	0.005	127.7	204.1	0.626N/(1 + 0.003N)	0.934
27 °C	Adult	0.412	0.020	20.59	50.00	0.412N/(1 + 0.008N)	0.928
	Nymph	0.749	0.014	52.06	69.44	0.749N/(1 + 0.011N)	0.953
	Larvae	0.772	0.012	66.00	85.47	0.772N/(1 + 0.009N)	0.974
	Egg	0.606	0.003	195.6	322.6	0.606N/(1 + 0.002N)	0.959
30 °C	Adult	0.539	0.016	34.09	63.29	0.539N/(1 + 0.009N)	0.971
	Nymph	0.653	0.009	72.59	111.1	0.653N/(1 + 0.005N)	0.985
	Larvae	0.614	0.011	55.32	90.09	0.614N/(1 + 0.007N)	0.988
	Egg	0.673	0.002	320.7	476.2	0.673N/(1 + 0.001N)	0.968
33 °C	Adult	0.541	0.005	112.9	208.3	0.541N/(1 + 0.003N)	0.989
	Nymph	0.666	0.004	185.0	277.7	0.666N/(1 + 0.002N)	0.992
	Larvae	0.734	0.004	183.5	257.0	0.734N/(1 + 0.003N)	0.996
	Egg	0.624	0.012	46.96	80.00	0.624N/(1 + 0.008N)	0.994
36 °C	Adult	0.560	0.003	186.7	333.3	0.560N/(1 + 0.002N)	0.955
	Nymph	0.614	0.012	50.78	82.64	0.614N/(1 + 0.007N)	0.986
	Larvae	0.705	0.001	587.7	833.3	0.705N/(1 + 0.001N)	0.954
	Egg	0.588	0.012	47.01	80.00	0.588N/(1 + 0.007N)	0.985

Note:

Na, number of prey consumed; N, initial prey density; Th, handling time (day); a, attack rate; K, maximum predation rate; R², coefficient of determination.