Tomato leafminer The female moth of the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta ) lays about 260 eggs. The eggs of the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta ) are
feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual, the aphids lay eggs that overwinter. In greenhouses reproduction also takes place by par
female of the carnation tortrix ( Cacoecimorpha pronubana ) is capable of laying up to 700 eggs, deposited in batches of 10 to 200 on the upper surface of
flies , at most only several millimetres long. When the adult females feed or lay eggs, they bore a hole using their toothed ovipositor, usually in the upper
distinctive feeding behavior that targets aphids . After the female wasp lays her eggs inside an aphid, the larvae hatch and begin to feed internally.
wasp piercing the aphid with her ovipositor, and sucking it empty without laying an egg. The small aphids are used for host feeding while the larger individuals
Ephedrus cerasicola are black, approx. 4-5 mm in length. The parasitic wasp lays an egg inside the aphid where the larva of the parasitic wasp will develop
Cacoecimorpha pronubana ). Lepidopteran biology is largely comparable. Females lay eggs on leaves either in groups or individually. After leaving the egg, c