2023 年 26 巻 3 号 p. 175-178
The carabid beetles, Lebidia octoguttata Morawitz were raised under laboratory conditions. The adults preyed on spittlebug nymphs and laid eggs in foamy masses of the nymphs. The hatched larvae preyed on the nymphs within foamy masses. They had three larval instars, and the egg-to-adult development took 28–29 d.