Long-tailed mealybug
plants. Fruit and flowers are also fouled, rendering them unfit for sale, and the reduced level of photosynthesis in the leaves also reduces flower and fruit [...] long. Reproduction in Pseudococcus longispinus , may be sexual or asexual, the latter apparently being the more common situation. Unlike most other mealy [...] often drop off. Plant sap is rich in sugars, but low in proteins. In order to gain an adequate intake of protein, mealybugs must therefore ingest large