Mealybugs
Scientific name: Pseudococcidae
Mealybugs
Scientific name: Pseudococcidae
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Description
Females appear as nymphs, exhibiting reduced morphology, and lack wings, although unlike many female scale insects, they often retain legs and can move. Males are smaller, gnat-like and have wings. Since mealybugs (as well as all other Hemiptera) are hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis in the true sense of the word. However, male mealybugs do exhibit a radical change during their life cycle, changing from wingless, ovoid nymphs to wasp-like flying adults.
Photo By Jennifer Rycenga , used under CC-BY-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original