“…Santa-Cecilia et al (2001) obtained a shorter time for pupal stage, 3.0 days for both sexes, in comparison to 3.77 days in the present study. Despite the small differences between the duration of each stage, the egg-adult time (17.40 days) was close to the 17.5 days found by Cardoso & Lázzari (2003) o C, 60-80% relative humidity, and 16:8-hour photophase, but less than the 3.4 days reported by Castro et al (2011), for H. axyridis feeding on Cinara atlantica (Wilson) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) at 25±1 o C, 70±10% relative humidity, and 12-hour photophase. The duration of the larval period of this species (9.38 days) was lesser than that reported by other authors: (2001) (4.9 to 6.0 days), but lesser than the 6.6 days reported by Lanzoni et al (2004), who added the pre-pupal period.…”