@article{Melo_Berber_Aguiar-Menezes_Resende_Pereira_2020, title={Biological parameters of adult of Chrysoperla externa (Hagen, 1861) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) fed on Asteraceae pollen under laboratory conditions}, volume={13}, url={https://sea.ufr.edu.br/SEA/article/view/895}, DOI={10.36560/1322020895}, abstractNote={The objective of this study was to evaluate the biological parameters and the preference of <em>Artemisia tridentata </em>Nutt (Asteraceae) industrial pollen grains and beer yeast by <em>Ch</em>. <em>externa</em> adults for a more suitable diet for laboratory rearing. To conduct the experiment, 105 adults of newly emerged <em>Ch</em>. <em>externa</em> were used. They were placed in PVC cages (10.0 cm high x 10.0 cm in diameter), closed with PVC plastic film, each cage contained two females and one male (2: 1), and each cage was placed on a diet, being they are: Artemisia pollen (<em>A.</em> <em>tridentata</em>), artemisia + honey pollen (mixed), beer yeast, beer yeast + honey (mixed), water, honey, artemisia pollen + honey (separated). The diets 2 (artemisia pollen + mixed honey), 3 (brewer’s yeast) and 4 (brewer’s yeast + mixed honey) were shown to be statistically good diets at 5% confidence, according to the results analyzed for the parameters fecundity, oviposition, oviposition, mean number of eggs/day and viability of eggs. As the other diets 1 (artemisia pollen), 5 (water), 6 (honey) and 7 (artemisia pollen + separated honey) did not obtain statistically results, because they had means zero or close to zero, so these treatments are not feasible for a rearing of <em>Ch</em>. <em>externa</em> in the laboratory.}, number={2}, journal={Scientific Electronic Archives}, author={Melo, G. J. B. and Berber, G. C. M. and Aguiar-Menezes, E. L. and Resende, A. L. S. and Pereira, R. N.}, year={2020}, month={fev.}, pages={43–50} }