Author： BRUSHWEIN JEFFREY R.
Publisher： Entomological Society of America
ISSN： 1938-2901
Source： Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.80, Iss.5, 1987-09, pp. : 671-679
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Abstract
Heteromorphic larvae of the beaded lacewing, Lomamyia hamata (Walker), are obligate predators of the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar). First and third instars are campodeiform, highly mobile, and will feed on freezer-stored or live termites. Second instars are scarabaeiform, sessile, and do not feed. Under laboratory conditions of 25°C, 80% RH, and 16:8 (L:D) photoperiod, development from egg to adult averaged 40.5 d. Field-collected females laid an average of 13.7 fertile egg clutches with 13.4 eggs per clutch; mean percentage of eclosion was >90%. In northwestern South Carolina, this species is probably bivoltine, possibly trivoltine, and overwinters as a prepupa; pupation occurs in the spring, starting in March.
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