Melon thrips
are deposited in leaf tissue in a slit cut by female. Eggs are colourless to pale white in colour. The nymphs resemble the adults in general body form but [...] appearance The reproduction in Thrips palmi takes place by sexual as well as partheno-generic. Virgin females lays 1 to 8 eggs per day, with 3 to 164 eggs [...] temperature, but host plant quality also has an influence. After completion of nymph stage, it drops to soil and pupate in soil. There are two pupal stages