Table 2.2
The life history traits of lady beetle species reared on various preys or treated with different pesticides
Predator (prey species)
Developmental
time (days)
Female
longevity
(days)
Fecundity
(eggs/female)
APOP
TPOP
r (day
À1)
R
0
(Eggs)
λ (day
À1)
T (days)
References
Oenopia conglobata
contaminata
(Cotton
Aphid)
–
–
–
–
–
0.18
–
–
–
Jalali et al.
(2002)
Coccinella
undecimpunctata
(Cotton Aphid)
–
–
–
–
–
0.23
–
–
–
Jalali et al.
(2002)
Elytroleptus
nigripennis
(Cotton
Aphid)
–
–
–
–
–
0.13
–
–
–
Jalali et al.
(2002)
Coccinella
septempunctata
(Aphis gossypii)
–
–
1267
Æ 149
–
–
0.159
373.9
37.25
Mollashahi
et al.
(2004b)
Oenopia conglobata
(Aganoscena
pistaciae)
–
–
–
–
–
0.16
–
1.8
–
Hassani
et al. (2004)
Oenopia conglobata
contaminata
(Agonoscena
pistaciae)
–
–
310
Æ 16.6
5.7
Æ 0.2
–
0.19
–
–
–
Mehrnejad
and Jalali
(2004)
Oenopia conglobata
contaminata
(Aphis
gossypii)
–
–
–
5.8
Æ 0.12
–
0.18
–
–
–
Mehrnejad
and Jalali
(2004)
Exochomus
quadripustulatus
(Planococcus vovae)
–
181.17
Æ 4.16 468.35
Æ 1.63
–
–
0.092
Æ 0.00007 291.31
Æ 1.01
1.09
Æ 0.0001
61.906
Æ 0.045 Ameri et al.
(2006)
Stethorus gilvifrons
(Olionychus
afrasiaticus)
–
44.22
Æ 0.361
–
–
–
0.189
Æ 0.002
70.01
Æ 4.72
1.2
Æ 0.003
22.38
Matin et al.
(2008)
Stethorus gilvifrons
(Eutetranychus
orientalis)
–
45.05
Æ 3.36
318.00
Æ 32.57 2.88
Æ 0.21
–
0.221
Æ 0.011
154.08
Æ 30.56 1.247
Æ 0.014
22.83
Æ 0.84
Imani et al.
(2009)
(continued)