Journal of Agricultural Big Data ›› 2026, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (3): 414-420.doi: 10.19788/j.issn.2096-6369.100074

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A Dataset of Coccinellid Diversity and Menochilus sexmaculata Population Dynamics in Eggplant Fields of Chengmai County, Hainan Province from 2020 to 2025

JIA JingJing1(), CHEN JunYu2, HUANG WeiKang1, FENG Qing1, LIN ZhuFeng1, JI XunCong1,*()   

  1. 1 Institute of Plant Protection, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Research Center of Quality Safety and Standards for Agro-Products, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Hainan Key Laboratory for Control of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Haikou 571100, China
    2 Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
  • Received:2026-03-28 Accepted:2026-05-21 Online:2026-09-26 Published:2026-10-08
  • Contact: JI XunCong

Abstract:

The biological resources were abundant and diverse in Hainan because of the unique geographical environment and climatic conditions. Menochilus sexmaculata (Fabricius), as one of the dominant predatory natural enemies in this region, has significant research value and application potential. From 2020 to 2025, six-year continuous and systematic monitoring studies were conducted in an eggplant field, M. sexmaculata as the main target species, the population dynamics of this species and the diversity of coccinellids were studied. The dataset included coccinellids species data, population dynamics data, ecological images, specimen pictures, and habitat photos of coccinellids species in the eggplant field were collected. This dataset reveals the coccinellid diversity composition and the population dynamics of the dominant species M. sexmaculata in eggplant fields in Chengmai, Hainan, providing data support for developing a green pest management system centered on natural enemies in eggplant cultivation.

Data summary:

Items Description
Dataset name A Dataset of Coccinellid Diversity and Menochilus sexmaculata Population Dynamics in Eggplant Fields of Chengmai County, Hainan Province from 2020 to 2025
Specific subject area Agricultural science
Research topic Coccinellid diversity and Menochilus sexmaculata population dynamics
Time range 2020−2025
Data types and technical formats .xlsx,.jpg
Dataset structure Natural enemy resources and natural enemy population dynamics data, Natural enemy photo data, Collection site environmental photo data.
Volume of dataset 1.31 GB
Key index in dataset Coccinellid abundance, Coccinellid species
Data accessibility CSTR: 17058.11.sciencedb.00381; https://cstr.cn/17058.11.sciencedb.00381
DOI: 10.57760/sciencedb.agriculture.00381; https://doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.00381
Financial support Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund (NO.1630042022006); Technical Innovation Project of Provincial Scientific Research Institute of the Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (No. FW20230002).

Key words: ladybug, Menochilus sexmaculata, population dynamics, eggplant