Journal of Entomological Research

Results on the age-specific cohort life tables of M. boninensis revealed that the maximum female fecundity/week was 63.08 and 65.93 female eggs/female/week on C. cephalonica eggs and T. castaneum larvae, respectively, produced during the 5^th age-interval (28–35 days). The gross reproductive rate (GRR) was 225.42 females/female/generation on C. cephalonica eggs, while it was 265.54 females/female/generation on T. castaneum larvae. The net reproductive rate (R₀) was 139.12 and 171.43 females/female/generation on the two preys, respectively. Mean generation time (T) was 33.83 and 34.78 days on C. cephalonica eggs and T. castaneum larvae, while the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r_m) was 0.1458789 and 0.1478956 female/female/day on the two preys, respectively. The finite rate of increase (λ) was 1.1593 females/female/day on T. castaneum larvae, while it was 1.1571 on C. cephalonica eggs.