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Keywords: pest-predator life cycles, life stages of prey and predator species model, mite development and longevity, Tetranychus fallacis, T. mcdanieli, Typhlodromus occidentalis, Stethorus punctum, eggs, immature thresholds, adults, consumption behavior of mites, mite reproduction, nonpredatory population reducing factors, temperature, mite spatial distribution, mite model validation