Comportamento reprodutivo de fêmeas de Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) criadas isoladamente em laboratório

starting from adults derived of stomoxys calcitrans colony established in the 'esta？？o para pesquisas parasitológicas w. o. neitz, universidade federal rural do rio de janeiro", under temperature of 27°c and 70-80% of relative humidity, one female and two males were isolated in individual cages to the observations of some biological parameters formely determined as number of ovipositant female, real number o eggs by female, oviposition periodicity and female longevity. after 4 repetitions with 6 fenales at the first and second, 7 and 8 females at the third and fourth repetitions, respectively, and a total of 27 isolated females, only 10 layed eggs (37.0%); the total number of layed eggs was 2,254 with a mean of 834 eggs by female; the females had a oviposition period that varied from 3 to 17 days it happening as average 10.2 days. the oviposition rhytm changed from 3 to 7 ovipositions, with intervals changing since too little 24 hours until 6 days. the females longevity were about 17 to 38 days.