Melon thrips
8 eggs per day, with 3 to 164 eggs lays during their lifespan. Mated female lays 3 to 204 eggs. Eggs are deposited in leaf tissue in a slit cut by female [...] completion of nymph stage, it drops to soil and pupate in soil. There are two pupal stages viz., prepupae and pupae. Adults are pale yellow or white in colour [...] colour and 0.8 to 1mm in length, with females slightly larger than males. Life cycle is completed in 20 days under favourable conditions.