title: [Observation on the life habit of Epicata aptera].
abstract: Epicata aptera reproduces one generation every year. Adults arise in the last ten-day period of May, mate and lay egg in the first ten-day period of June. They mate and lay egg 1-3 sequence every year, lay egg 108-269 grains every sequence. Period of their laying egg undergoes 48-78 days. Larva have six age period. They take false pupas live through the winter. Complete generations undergo 348-394 days.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica Planting, Sichuan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Materia Medica, Nanchuan 648408.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D007313:Insecta / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology; D010058:Oviposition; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D013995:Time