• Macrocheles robustulus

  Macrocheles robustulus is also a soil-dwelling predatory mite, controlling eggs and larvae of flies , thrips pupae, nematodes and other soil living pests [...] s robustulus Macrocheles robustulus passes through the following stages: egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged protonymph and deutonymph, and adult. Adult [...] white with a brown shield, 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

• Encarsia formosa

  greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ). The female wasp lays her eggs inside the whitefly nymphs, which are then consumed from the inside out by [...] Encarsia formosa The development of E. formosa consists of six stages: the egg, three larval instars, a pupal instar, and the adult wasp. All these stages [...] inside the host (i.e. larval and pupal whiteflies). The female can deposit her egg in any larval stage of whitefly , but preferably selects the third and young

• Obscure mealybug

  spiky projections or platelets. Eggs are laid in a sticky, foamy mass of wax threads, called an egg sac. Once the batch of eggs is laid, the female dies. First

• Two-spotted spider mite

  ( Tetranychus urticae ) pass through the following developmental stages: egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. In the larval and nymphal stages [...] period and a resting period of roughly equal duration can be distinguished. Eggs are usually found on the underside of leaves. They have an oval body that

• Aphids

  between host plants also mate in the autumn and lay eggs which overwinter. Where mating occurs and eggs are laid, the life cycle is termed holocyclic (complete) [...] their winter host plant in autumn, where they reproduce sexually and lay eggs that overwinter. The summer host plants are either herbaceous or woody, while [...] (complete). In greenhouses, however, the alternation of host plant and egg-laying may not take place. In this case, reproduction continues through the winter

• Miglyphus

  and third instar leaf miner larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside the

• Anagyrus vladimiri

  readily attack second and fourth instars. The female lays a single egg in each host. Eggs laid in smaller hosts usually produce males. Prior to oviposition [...] parasitic wasp Anagyrus vladimiri The female Anagyrus vladimiri lays its eggs inside the body of the mealybug. Upon hatching, the larvae feed on the internal

• Phytoseiulus persimilis

  mites : egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult, except for the resting period in the larval and nymphal stages. On plants, the oval eggs are usually [...] persimilis feeds on all stages of spider mites , but has a preference for eggs. The predatory mites pierce the prey with their mouthparts and suck out the [...] adult female consumes up to five adult spider mites or 20 young larvae or eggs per day. Because the development rate of the predatory mite is roughly twice

• Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

  observing their unique characteristics at each stage: Egg stage: Cryptolaemus montrouzieri eggs are small, oval-shaped, and usually laid individually or [...] and consuming them entirely. Adult ladybirds and young larvae prefer the eggs and young larvae, while older larvae appear to prey on all stages of mealybugs

• Avocado

  berry is green-skinned and fleshy and its shape resembles a pear or (large) egg. The avocado tree belongs to the flowering plant family of Lauraceae . Co