Life History of Geocoris punctipes (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in the Laboratory1
- 15 September 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 60 (5) , 881-883
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/60.5.881
Abstract
At 25.5°±1.7°C, about 50% RH, and with 14 hr light per day, the average durations of the life stages of Geocoris punctipes (Say) were: egg, 9.9 days, both sexes; total nymphal, ♂26.8, ♀27.7 days; adults, ♂41.5, ♀67.7 days. Females averaged 5.2 days preoviposition and 30.8 egg-laying days, and produced 177.7 eggs per female (maximum 469) at an average rate of 5.5 eggs per clay.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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