Table 3 Duration (in days) of Neosiulus cucumeris females fed on eggs of Anagasta kuehniella, Spodoptera littoralis, and Sitotroga cerealella and incubated at 27 °C and 70% RH

Egg

2.13 ± 0.12 a

2.21 ± 0.11 a

2.56 ± 0.12 a

Larva

2.13 ± 0.08 c

2.78 ± 0.18 b

3.81 ± 0.15 a

1st nymph

2.60 ± 0.12 c

3.42 ± 0.13 b

4.22 ± 0.19 a

2nd nymph

2.80 ± 0.10 c

3.42 ± 0.13 b

4.83 ± 0.20 a

Total

7.53 ± 0.22 c

9.62 ± 0.26 b

12.86 ± 0.38 a

Life cycle

9.66 ± 0.24 c

11.83 ± 0.28 b

15.42 ± 0.44 a

Pre-oviposition

3.13 ± 0.18 c

5.27 ± 0.27 b

6.68 ± 0.12 a

Oviposition

12.26 ± 0.31 a

9.78 ± 0.32 b

8.81 ± 0.23 c

Post-oviposition

3.61 ± 0.18 c

6.21 ± 0.21 b

7.43 ± 0.26 a

Longevity

19.00 ± 0.18 c

21.71 ± 0.55 b

22.92 ± 0.37 a

Life span

28.66 ± 0.15 c

33.57 ± 0.75 b

38.34 ± 0.39 a