DinafemSeeds on Nostr: They go through 6 or 7 different stages. Females lay their eggs singly in plant ...

They go through 6 or 7 different stages. Females lay their eggs singly in plant tissues (leaves, tender parts of the stem), an average of 40 (up to 300) over their lifetime. Incubation time varies depending on temperature, being about 4 days at 26º C, with high mortality at high temperatures and low humidity.
Newborn larvae emerge from the egg and immediately begin feeding in the place where they were laid. As the larvae develop, they continue feeding in sheltered places on leaves, flowers or fruit.

In the following nymphal stages, they stop feeding, passing into a state of immobility that develops preferably in the soil, in damp places or in natural cracks up to 15 mm below ground level.