【目的】 明确以烟蚜Myzus persicae、豆蚜Aphis craccivora、银纹夜蛾Argyrogramma agnata和斜纹夜蛾Spodoptera litura 1-2龄幼虫为食物时异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis的室内饲养效果，以期为异色瓢虫的规模化人工繁育提供参考。【方法】 组建异色瓢虫取食4种活体食物的生殖力生命表，同时比较了不同活体食物对异色瓢虫生长发育和繁殖的影响。【结果】 取食不同活体食物的异色瓢虫幼虫生长发育历期、幼虫存活率、成虫产卵前期、单雌平均产卵量和卵孵化率均存在显著差异（P<0.05）。其中，取食豆蚜和烟蚜的异色瓢虫全幼虫期较短且存活率较高，分别为（8.38±0.42）d、91.70%±7.50%和（9.25±0.39）d、90.00%±6.30%，与取食银纹夜蛾[（10.58±0.49）d和58.30%±7.50%）]和斜纹夜蛾[（10.95±0.66）d和50.00%±8.90%] 1-2龄幼虫的处理差异显著（P<0.05）。取食斜纹夜蛾1-2龄幼虫的异色瓢虫大部分个体（约90%）不能产卵，而取食豆蚜、烟蚜和银纹夜蛾1-2龄幼虫的异色瓢虫能正常产卵且产卵前期较短、卵孵化率较高，其产卵前期、单雌平均产卵量和卵孵化率分别为（5.48±0.17）d、（792.47±60.89）粒、93.83%±6.89%，（5.87±0.27）d、（604.87±77.17）粒、94.07%±4.46%和（5.70±0.30）d、（167.93±47.73）粒、90.94%±7.16%。【结论】 以豆蚜和烟蚜为食物的异色瓢虫饲养效果较好，而当蚜虫数量不足时，银纹夜蛾1-2龄幼虫可作为异色瓢虫的替代食物。为进一步探索异色瓢虫的替代活体饲料，实现规模化人工繁育提供了基础。

 [Aim]  To determine the best prey species for the large-scale, captive rearing of Harmonia axyridis. [Methods] Reproductive life tables were compiled for H. axyridis populations that were fed on one of four prey species; Myzus persica, Aphis craccivora, 1st and 2nd instar larvae of Spodoptera litura or Argyrogramma agnata, and the effects of prey species on their growth, development and reproduction, of each population were compared. [Results]  Prey species had a significant effect on the larval period, survival rate, the pre-oviposition period, average fecundity and hatchability (P<0.05). Specifically, H. axyridis fed on Ap. craccivora and M. persica had shorter larval periods [(8.38±0.42) and (9.25±0.39) d, respectively] and higher survival rates (91.70%±7.50% and 90.00%±6.30%, respectively), than those that were fed on Ar. agnata larvae [(10.58± 0.49) d and 58.30%±7.50%, respectively) and S. litura [(10.95±0.66) d and 50.00%±8.90%, respectively] (P<0.05). Approximately 90% of H. axyridis that were fed S. litura larvae were unable to lay eggs. However, those that were fed Ap. craccivora, M. persica and Ar. agnata larvae laid eggs normally, had a shorter pre-oviposition period and higher egg hatching rate. The pre-oviposition periods of H. axyridis that were fed the above prey species were (5.48±0.17), (5.87±0.27), and (5.70±0.30) d, the average fecundities were (792.47±60.89), (604.87±77.17) and (167.93±47.73) grains/female, and the egg hatching rates were 93.83%±6.89%, 94.07%± 4.46% and 90.94%±7.16%. [Conclusion]  Ap. craccivora and M. persica larvae and the 1st and 2nd instar larvae of Ar. agnata were the most suitable of the four prey evaluated for captive rearing H. axyridis. When the number of aphids is insufficient, 1st and 2nd instar larvae of Ar. agnata can be provided as an alternative. These results should improve the large-scale, artificial breeding of H. axyridis.