Vine mealybug

is smaller (1 mm), dark orange in color with long tail filaments and transparent wings and has no mouthparts. The female is larger (3 mm) and voluminous

Thrips

are small insects (0.5-14 mm), with the largest species found in the tropics. In temperate regions they are not larger than 2.5 mm. All thrips species that

Cottony cushion scale

wax. The adult ‘females’ are easily recognized by their large size (up to 10 mm long), red-brown body colour and covering of granular, white wax. The legs [...] the same length as the body, giving an overall combined length of up to 20 mm. The 'females' are actually hermaphrodites with fertilization occurring between

Encarsia formosa

offers the best chance of successful development. The egg is 0.08 mm long and 0.03 mm wide. About halfway through the parasitoid’s development, the host [...] frees itself from its case. The female parasitic wasp is approximately 0.6 mm long, with a head that is dark brown to black in colour, a dark brown to black

Macrocheles robustulus

eight-legged protonymph and deutonymph, and adult. Adult mites are 0.6-0.8 mm long, oval shaped and pale white with a brown oval dorsal shield and brown [...] more clearly visible with increasing size. The eggs are oval, about 0.3 x 0.2 mm in size and pearly white. Best conditions for use of Macrocheles robustulus

Anagyrus vladimiri

dimorphism: the female is about 1.5-2 mm in length and brown, with distinctive black and white banded antennae. The male is 0.8 mm in length and black in colour

Citrus mealybug

of Citrus mealybug Adult females of Planococcus citri are 2.5 - 4 mm long and 2 - 3 mm in breadth. Seen dorsally, they have an oval form; they are soft

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

if finer than 0.3 mm (50 mesh) Use a maximum pressure of 20 bar/290 psi (on nozzle) The spray nozzle opening should be at least 0.5 mm (500 microns – 35

Steinernema carpocapsae

if finer than 0.3 mm (50 mesh) Use a maximum pressure of 20 bar/290 psi (on nozzle) The spray nozzle opening should be at least 0.5 mm (500 microns – 35

Broad mite

oval eggs are firmly attached to the surface and are rather large (about 0.07 mm) compared with the subsequent, active stages. They are transparent and speckled [...] smaller and has only three pairs of legs. The emerging adult mite is roughly 0.2 mm long, oval and broad, and pale yellow or yellow-green, depending on the type