| Egg |
Oval, orange red
eggs are laid in fluted white egg sacs |
Egg sac is
attached to the female
300 – 400 eggs per sac
|
| Immature stages |
Crawlers have
red bodies with black legs and antennae
Crawlers remain inside the ovisac
for the first few days
|
Crawlers settle
on leaf veins or on young wood
Then they secrete a
yellowish-white wax covering |
| Adult female |
Adults often
settle on older wood
Seldom occur on the fruit
The egg sac grows from the
posterior margin of the adult female body
|
Population
primarily protandric hermaphrodites (females
only) |
| Male |
Males are
uncommon Microscopically
small
Males are winged – thus able
to fly |
Reddish brown
body with a well developed pair of grey wings |
