01687naa a2200217 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400420006010000170010224501940011926000090031352009390032265000240126165000130128570000130129870000200131170000280133170000200135970000190137977300710139819443482017-05-18       2013    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.09.0132DOI1 aSILVA, R. B.  aSpodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (LepidopterabNoctuidae) eggs as alternative food for rearing of lady beetles Eriopis connexa (Germar) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).h[electronic resource]  c2013  aEriopis connexa (Germar) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an important predator with potential for biological control of insect pests. This research evaluated the development of E. connexa larvae fed on fresh eggs of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) without (T1) or with (T2) scales or one-day (T3) or six-month (T4) frozen, or newly-hatched larvae of S. frugiperda (T5). The percentage of E. connexa adults was higher when larvae feeding on fresh S. frugiperda eggs with or without scales, or one-day frozen eggs of this prey and lower with eggs of this Lepidoptera after frozen for six months or with newly hatched larvae ofS. frugiperda. Duration of the larval period of E. connexa was 15.7, 15.8, 16.0, 17.6, and 17.3 days, respectively, with these diets. The high survival of E. connexa fed with eggs of S. frugiperda shows the potential use of this prey in the laboratory to maintain this natural enemy.  aControle biológico  aPredador1 aCRUZ, I.1 aZANUNCIO, J. C.1 aFIGUEIREDO, M. de L. C.1 aZANUNCIO, T. V.1 aSERRÃO, J. E.  tBiological Control, San Diegogv. 64, n. 2, p. 101-105, Feb. 2013.