Mango bud mite

Aceria mangiferae

The body of the adult mango bud mite is whitish, about 0.20 mm in length, cylindrical. The prodorsum bears a pair of backwards-pointing setae set on tubercles with three strong ridges located between them. The featherclaw is six-rayed.

Life cycle: The mango bud mite lives throughout the year within closed adventive buds on the tree trunk and branches, moving into terminal buds duirng periods of population increase. It reproduces by arrhenotoky and its entire cycle (egg to egg) requires 2-3 weeks in summer, twice that much in winter. The pest raises 8 annual generations in Egypt, with distinct spring and autumn peaks.

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