Banana scales have a wide distribution in all banana growing regions and rarely cause major economic damage as they are kept under check by natural enemies.
1 Scales on banana leaf
2 Scales on banana leaf
3 Scales on banana
4 Banana scales
5 Upper surface of banana leaf showing symptom of damage caused by banana scales
6 Upper surface of banana leaf showing symptom of damage caused by banana scales
7 Upper surface of banana leaf showing symptom of damage caused by banana scales
8 Scales on banana
9 Scales on banana
10 Scales on banana
11 Scales on banana
12 Scales on banana
13 Scales on banana
14 Scale colony on lower surface of banana leaf corresponding to the chlorotic area on upper surface
15 Banana scales
16 Scales on banana
17 Scales on banana
18 Scales on banana
19 Scales on banana
20 Scales on banana
21 Adult female
22 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
23 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
24 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
25 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
26 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
27 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
28 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
29 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
30 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
31 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
32 Aphytis sp., a common aphelinid parasitoid of banana scale
33 Comperiella near bifasciata (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of banana scale
34 Adult of Comperiella sp. nr. bifasciata
35 Adult of Comperiella sp. nr. bifasciata, an encyrtid parasitoid of banana scale
36 Early stage larva of Chilocorus nigrita feeding on banana scales
37 Lady beetle, Chilocorus nigrita - a common and effective predator of banana scales
38 Larva and pupa of Chilocorus nigrita, an effective predator of banana scales
39 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
40 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
41 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
42 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
43 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
44 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
45 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
46 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
47 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
48 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
49 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
50 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
51 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
52 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
53 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
54 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
55 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
56 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
57 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
58 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
59 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
60 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
