Table 6 Feeding consumption and generation period of three coccinellid species reared on different stages of B. brassicae

C. septempunctata

19.56 b

85.47 a

19.94 b

77.56 a

18.17 b

70.36 b

19.67 a

63.28 a

21.00 a

59.44 a

C. undecimpunctata

20.89 a

72.61 b

20.83 a

71.39 a

19.83 a

64.11 a

19.94 a

58.00 a

20.78 a

53.97 a

S. interruptus

14.72 c

58.08 c

13.00 c

52.64 b

12.22 c

49.64 c

13.28 b

43.53 b

14.00 b

41.58 b

LSD 5%

1.16

5.65

0.82

8.97

0.96

6.07

0.91

6.12

2.06

5.77