Rearing Geocoris punctipes, a Lygus Bug Predator, in the Laboratory1

30 September 1966

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 59 (5) , 1301
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/59.5.1301

Abstract

Geocoris punctipes (Say) was reared in the laboratory on larvae of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)/, with green beans, Phaseolus vulgaris, as a source of moisture. Females oviposited in balls of absorbent cotton. Eggs hatched in 10-11 days, and nymphs developed in 25-30 days. The preoviposition period was 5-6 days, and 1 generation required 40-47 days. An average of about 50% of the nymphs developed into adults, with a range of 30-70%. Cannibalism was a factor in rearing the predator.

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