Rearing the house fly predator Carcinops pumilio (Erichson) (Coleoptera: Histeridae) using eggs and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) as prey

Abstract

A method was successfully developed for rearing the predatory beetle Carcinops pumilio Erichson (Coleoptera: Histeridae) on the eggs and larvae of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the laboratory. This technology would be useful in mass rearing C. pumilio in
biological control programs against house flies.