leafworm Each adult female of the cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) can lay up to 3,000 eggs. Each egg is roughly spherical, about 0.6 mm long and whitish
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
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
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
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
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
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
quality and export compliance. The fruit fly puncture the fruits skin to lay their eggs. Once hatched, the larvae feed on the fruit flesh, damaging it
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
