Citrus mealybug
development. After the second instar, a male nymph forms a dark brown ‘prepupa’ from which a pupa rapidly develops, inside a white cottony cocoon. Females undergo [...] through a second and third instar after which they become sexually mature. Soon after becoming an adult the females start to release a sex pheromone to attract [...] females and as soon as a male emerges from its cocoon, it goes in search of a female. A fertilized female lays several hundreds of eggs in an elongated