“…Podisus are general predators that feed on Lepidoptera (Lemos et al, 2001 and2003), Coleoptera (Biever and Chauvin, 1992;HoughGoldstein and McPherson, 1996), Homoptera, Orthoptera and Diptera (Molina-Rugama et al, 1997 and1998). Podisus rostralis (Stäl) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) is found in most countries of South America (Thomas, 1992), but unlike other predatory Pentatomidae (Molina-Rugama et al, 1997;Zanuncio et al, 2000 andMedeiros et al, 2000;Lemos et al, 2001 and2003) few studies have been developed with this species. The development of immature of P. rostralis with three alternative preys (Matos Neto et al, 1999) and reproductive strategy of its females with different feeding intervals (Molina-Rugama et al, 1998) were studied in laboratory.…”