Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
JJ Dubale, BD Shinde, SK Mehendale, PS Bodake and SV Sawardekar

Abstract:
The biology of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) was studied under the laboratory condition at Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, and Dapoli during Jan – April 2020. Eggs were laid by gravid female in clusters ranged from 974 to 1537. The incubation, total larval, pre-pupal and pupal period ranged from 2-3, 14-18, 1-2 and 8-10 days, respectively. The pre-oviposition, oviposition and post oviposition period ranged from 2-3, 3–5 and 2-3 days, respectively. The total life cycle of male and female ranged from 34-38 and 37-39 days, respectively. The female adult survived for 9.8 days with a range of 9 – 11 days compared to male (8.7 days) with a range of 7- 11 days.