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Notes: Chilocorus rubidus was artificially fed with five types of diets. The mixture of grass carp, pig liver and Noctuidae larvae powder met the basic nutrient requirement of C. rubidus adults, where adults fed with the mixture had a high survival rate while the females had relatively low egg production. The adults fed on No. 3 and 5 diets preyed strongly on Didesmococcus koreanus. However, from 25 to 290 days, their preying capacities (1-31 head) decreased with increase in duration. The food-seeking efficiency of C. rubidus (0.3802-0.0717) declined with an increase in D. koreanus density (2-10 head).