stage: Egg stage: Orius laevigatus eggs are small, around 0.4 mm long, oval-shaped, and usually laid singly within plant tissues such as leaves, stems, or
late second and third instar larvae to parasitize. An egg has an elongated shape, measuring 0.3 x 0.1 mm, and is transparent white in colour. It lies alongside
slightly longer than the diameter of spider mite eggs and almost banana shaped. Larval Stage : The colour of the larva is usually orange but can vary according
colour of the food ingested shines through the skin and shows up as an X-shaped marking on the back. If the food supply has been absent for some time, they
day. Life cycle of Amblyseius andersoni Mobile stages are beige, droplet-shaped mites. Eggs are oblong and transparent white. Adults are about 0.5 mm in
door (in the visible spectrum for bumblebees) and has a special, flower shaped, UV pattern around the entrance of the hive to help the bumblebees find