mites and hot-spots, the beneficials search more effectively and as they lay their eggs earlier, the population develops more rapidly.’ A sense of calm
feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual, the aphids lay eggs that overwinter. In greenhouses reproduction also takes place by par
2 days after mating and adults live for several months. Females psyllids lay more than 800 eggs during their life cycle.
since the cold reduces or halts their development. Damage symptoms The female lays small quantities of eggs, between one and three, in the hairs of green ears
Tomato leafminer The female moth of the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta ) lays about 260 eggs. The eggs of the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta ) are
flies , at most only several millimetres long. When the adult females feed or lay eggs, they bore a hole using their toothed ovipositor, usually in the upper
a clearly outlined brown venation. The beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) lays its eggs in packets, sometimes in several layers, and on top of a mass of
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