Female mealybugs on passion fruit leaf. Female mealybugs are 3 to 5 mm long and their body is usually covered with a waxy secretion.

Mass of mealybugs on passion fruit.

Cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti). Female mealybugs are 0.5 -1.4 mm long and their body is usually covered with a waxy secretion.

Mealybugs on citrus

Citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri). Mealybug parasitised by Leptomastix dactylopii wasp.

Long-tailed mealybug (Pseudococcus longispinus). The body of the adult female is 2.0-3.6 mm long, soft, elongate oval and somewhat flattened.

Pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus). Pink eggs in an egg mass.

Pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus). The adult female is 2.5-4 mm long, soft-bodied, elongate oval and slightly flattened.

Pink hibiscus mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus). Adult male. Males have one pair of very simple wings, long antennae, white wax filaments projecting posteriorly and lack mouthparts.

Severe infestation of pineapple mealybugs on the fruit