@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00012989,
 author = {Ashfaq, Muhammad and Nasreen, Abida and Cheema, Ghulam Mustafa},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {南太平洋研究, South Pacific Study},
 month = {Feb},
 note = {Rearing techniques for Chrysoperla carnea Stephen (Chrysopidae: Neuroptera) have been
improved to have its mass rearing in laboratory and to make releases in fields in a very simple and
economical way. In this technique hard gelatin capsules (500 mg) were used for larval rearing. Out
of 100 test capsules, 140 pupae were recovered by this technique. Of all 62 % of the test capsules
contained single, two % capsules found without pupae. Adult emergence was found to be 99 % and
none of the adult was deformed. Sixty seven mg of frozen eggs of Sitotroga cereallela per larva
were offered in a single feed per capsule to complete its larval growth. A rectangular (35 x 20 x 35
cm) adult rearing chamber made of transparent plastic sheet with removable top was designed, to
allow proper illumination and ventilation inside the chamber. Handling of the adult green lace wing
i.e., Chrysoperla carnea (sanitation, cleaning, feeding and harvesting of eggs) in the newly designed
rearing chamber proved very easy and it eliminated the use of vacuum sucker, anesthesia and
chemicals like Sodium hypochlorite, Potassium hypochlorite etc. The eggs of C. carnea were
harvested efficiently without initiation of diapause because of the microenvironment developed
inside the cage with high relative humidity.},
 pages = {47--53},
 title = {Advances in Mass Rearing of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)},
 volume = {24},
 year = {2004}
}