Longevity and fertility in post-hibernating adults of Cletus punctiger (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

Abstract

Cletus punctiger is a seed bug that feeds on the grains of gramineous plants. Post-hibernating adults were collected in the field on April 23, 2018, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Twenty-four females and 32 males were reared separately in the laboratory at 25°C and with a 16-h photoperiod to study their longevity and fertility. The mean survival of females and males was 64.7 days and 133.3 days, respectively. Twenty-one of 24 females laid eggs, and the mean total number of eggs laid per female was 63.6. These females had already copulated before collection and subsequently laid the fertile eggs.