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Mealybug info

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Mealybug turn bluish-black when placed in alcohol, as is characteristic of other members of this genus.

Biological control. Natural enemies include the commercially available mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri), lady (bugs)/beetles, lacewings, and hover flies, all which are generalist predators that have a potential impact on mealybug populations. In addition to predators, several parasitoids (wasp) may attack papaya mealybug.

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm
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