stages: egg, larva, and adult. The larvae have three pairs of legs, adults possess four pairs. The last pair of legs in both males and females is…
rest of the body. All mobile stages have only two pairs of legs, whereas other mite groups have four pairs. The hemp russet mite has four life stages:…
dome-shaped with 28 to 32 vertical ribs. They are deposited singly or in pairs throughout the crop, on the lower and upper surfaces of leaves. The…
characteristic 'C-shaped' position. They possess three pairs of legs, of which the middle and hind pairs are approximately the same length. Pupation…
rest of the body. All mobile stages have only two pairs of legs, whereas other mite groups have four pairs. Eggs are roughly 0.05 mm in diameter and…
body there are pairs of dark dots. The dark head is also conspicuous, as are the four dark dots behind the head capsule. There are 4 pairs of prolegs.…
a few short hairs and small white patches. The larva has five pairs of prolegs; one pair of prolegs protrudes from the posterior end, forming a…
They can be distinguished from other mealy bugs by their possession of 18 pairs of relatively short wax rods round the edge of the body, and two…
have three pairs of legs. They do not feed and remain inactive unless disturbed. Once the larva has moulted to the protonymph (with four pairs of…
the mite larvae emerge. These larvae have three pairs of legs, except for Eriophyidae which have two pairs of legs. During this stage, the larvae…
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