Macrolophus pygmaeus

t of a population. When females are only able to feed on plant sap, they lay far fewer eggs and the nymphs (if similarly deprived of living prey) will

Spider mites and other mites

life cycle of plant mites: Egg: The life cycle begins with the female mite laying eggs. The eggs are usually spherical and laid on the underside of leaves [...] more distinct. The adults continue feeding on the plant sap and reproduce to lay new eggs, starting the life cycle over again. The life cycle of plant mites

Citrus mealybug

emerges from its cocoon, it goes in search of a female. A fertilized female lays several hundreds of eggs in an elongated cottony egg sac composed of white

Predatory insects

to their effectiveness as biological control agents. Female gall midges lay their eggs on plant leaves, and when the larvae hatch, they feed on aphids

Whitefly

Adult whiteflies are mostly found on the underside of young leaves where they lay their eggs. If the plant is shaken, the adults fly up, and then return to [...] for controlling whitefly populations in greenhouse crops. The female wasps lay eggs inside the whitefly nymphs, where the developing wasp larva consumes

Encarsia formosa

y the greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ). The female wasp lays her eggs inside the whitefly nymphs, which are then consumed from the inside

Aphidius colemani

even when they are at low density. The behaviour of the female during egg-laying is typical of the Aphidiidae. First the host is examined by drumming with

Broad mite

Tarsonemid mites have no eyes. Female broad mites ( Polyphagotarsonemus latus ) lay their eggs mainly on the underside of the leaf or on the fruit surface. The

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Diglyphus isaea

host. Egg stage: A female wasp first paralyzes the leaf miner larva and then lays a single egg (occasionally more) next to it. In general, the wasp selects