01799naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400360006010000200009624501640011626000090028052011040028965000230139365000160141670000170143270000190144970000200146870000190148870000140150777300600152115770392022-06-10       2006    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1603/0022-0493-99.2.4012DOI1 aZANUNCIO, J. C.  aAge-dependent fecundity and fertlity life tables of the predator Brontocoris tabidus (Heteropterabpentatomidae) under field conditions.h[electronic resource]  c2006  aReproductive potential, longevity, life expectancy, and fertility life tables of Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), a predator of lepidopteran defoliators in eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) plantations, were studied in the Þeld. After a 50-d preoviposition period (emergence of adults to the deposition of the Þrst egg mass), ovipositional activity of B. tabidus continued until females died at 160 d. Females laid an average of 4.2 eggs per day and 601.1 eggs in a lifetime. Gross and net reproductive rates were 216.7 and 75.8 females, respectively. Generation time was 146.1 d, the period for doubling the population was 23.4 d, intrinsic rate was 0.03, and Þnite population increase was 1.03. Number of females per generation increased at 33.4 times. Results from our Þeld studies indicate that B. tabidus has greater potential reproduction, oviposition period, and longevity than was expected from previous laboratory experiments. This suggests that B. tabidus has potential as a biological control agent to limit economically damaging pests in eucalyptus plantations.  abiological control  aHeteroptera1 aLEMOS, W. P.1 aLACERDA, M. C.1 aZANUNCIO, T. V.1 aSERRÃO, J. E.1 aBAUCE, E.  tJournal of Economic Entomologygv. 99, n. 2, Apr. 2006.