Table 4 Duration (in days) of Neosiulus barkeri females fed eggs of Anagasta kuehniella, Spodoptera littoralis, and Sitotroga cerealella and incubated at 27 °C and 70% RH

Egg

2.33 ± 0.12 a

2.46 ± 0.12 a

2.64 ± 0.12 a

Larva

1.60 ± 0.12 c

2.73 ± 0.11 b

3.57 ± 0.13 a

1st nymph

3.00 ± 0.16 c

3.46 ± 0.12 b

4.50 ± 0.13 a

2nd nymph

3.40 ± 0.15 c

3.93 ± 0.14 b

5.50 ± 0.17 a

Total

8.00 ± 0.28 c

10.12 ± 0.15 b

13.57 ± 0.28 a

Life cycle

10.33 ± 0.24 c

12.58 ± 0.26 b

16.21 ± 0.34 a

Pre-oviposition

3.53 ± 0.12 c

5.33 ± 0.15 b

6.07 ± 0.23 a

Oviposition

11.46 ± 0.26 b

10.46 ± 0.20 c

12.14 ± 0.20 a

Post-oviposition

4.20 ± 0.16 c

6.06 ± 0.30 b

7.71 ± 0.26 a

Longevity

19.19 ± 0.29 c

21.85 ± 0.35 b

25.92 ± 0.39 a

Life span

29.52 ± 0.40 c

34.43 ± 0.25 b

42.13 ± 0.67 a