Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Average prey consumption (mean ± SE) by C. barchylobus immatures

From: Development, biology, and life table parameters of the predatory species, Clitostethus brachylobus Peng, Ren & Pang 1998 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), when fed on the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.)

*B. tabaci*	*C. brachylobus*
*B. tabaci*	1st instar	2nd instar	3rd instar	4th instar	Total larval consumption
Eggs	56.68 ± 12.26a	108.86 ± 25.27a	163.53 ± 29.54a	169.29 ± 13.50a	498.36 ± 80.57a
1st nymph	32.34 ± 13.84b	62.12 ± 28.52b	93.31 ± 13.34b	104.47 ± 18.94b	292.24 ± 94.64b
2nd nymph	30.92 ± 3.30b	59.38 ± 6.79b	89.20 ± 7.94b	97.70 ± 12.47b	277.20 ± 30.50b
3rd nymph	13.17 ± 1.72c	25.30 ± 3.54c	38.00 ± 4.14c	50.81 ± 9.01c	127.28 ± 18.41c
4th nymph	11.82 ± 2.93c	22.70 ± 6.04c	34.10 ± 7.06c	47.50 ± 5.10c	116.12 ± 21.13c
Pupa	8.60 ± 1.51c	12.50 ± 2.55d	16.20 ± 4.58d	21.60 ± 7.79d	58.80 ± 16.43d
F, d.f, P	41.32, 5, < 0.0001	64.91, 5, < 0.0001	42.17, 5, < 0.0001	31.82, 5, < 0.0001	52.73, 5, < 0.0001

Means (± SE) in the same column followed by different letters are significantly different from each other (Tukey’s P < 0.05)

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