Occasional, the Spined Soldier bug enjoys a little salad with their meat, by sucking on plants to obtain moisture. 25-30 days to become an adult. Adult Spined Soldier bugs are brownish in color, about the size of your thumbnail and have a prominent spine on their 'shoulders'. Female Pmac can lay up to 500 eggs and live up to 125 days. Males are slightly smaller than females and live up to 180 days.
Females begin depositing eggs ca.
4-7 days after they emerge. Besides reproduction, predator survival, development, body weight and longevity also depends on the type of prey and the frequency of feeding. Several studies have shown that females in the field eat ca. When fed every 2 days females stay alive by reducing the number of eggs produced. Millions of Pmac were reared and released, with very promising results.