PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for breeding natural enemy insects which can be installed easily and directly to branches and leaves of a crop to be protected from insect pests, has a simple structure, and can achieve the proliferation of natural enemy insects to be the natural enemy of the insect pests efficiently at low cost.SOLUTION: An apparatus 10 for breeding natural enemy insects is composed of an installation part 20 for installation to the branches and leaves of crop to be protected from insect pests, a bait holding part 30 for holding on a carrier 31 a bait 32 necessary for the proliferation of the natural enemy insects to be the natural enemy of the insect pests, and optionally a living part 40 having a space or void 41 inside where natural enemy insects can live and having an egg laying part 50 for the natural enemy insects.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】害虫から保護すべき作物の枝葉に直接容易に設置することが可能で、簡易な構成を有し、害虫の天敵となる天敵昆虫の増殖を効率よく安価に実現することが可能な天敵昆虫増殖装置を提供する。【解決手段】天敵昆虫増殖装置10を、害虫から保護すべき作物の枝葉に設置するための設置部20と、担体31上に害虫の天敵となる天敵昆虫の増殖に必要な餌32を保持する餌保持部30と、必要に応じて、天敵昆虫が生息することが可能な、内部に空間又は空隙41を有するとともに天敵昆虫の産卵部50を有する生息部40から構成する。【選択図】図1
