From: Effect of the entomopathogenic fungus, Lecanicillium lecanii, on the biology and predation rate of the anthocorid predatory bug, Blaptostethus pallescens, feeding on the flower thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Nymphal stage
F1a
F1b
I
3.1 ± 0.23
3 ± 0.21
II
4.1 ± 0.18
4.3 ± 0.21
III
3.3 ± 0.15
3.5 ± 0.17
IV
4.1 ± 0.1
3.6 ± 0.16
V
4.2 ± 0.2
4.5 ± 0.27
Total nymphal duration
18.8 ± 0.2
18.9 ± 0.23