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 Chilocorus nigrita - a common and effective predator of banana scales
37 Early stage larva of Chilocorus nigrita feeding on banana scales
38 Chilocorus nigrita larva feeding on banana scales
39 Chilocorus nigrita larva feeding on banana scales
40 Larva and pupa of Chilocorus nigrita, an effective predator of banana scales
41 Chilocorus nigrita adults feeding on banana scales
42 Chilocorus nigrita adults feeding on banana scales
43 Chilocorus nigrita feeding on banana scales
44 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
45 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
46 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
47 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
48 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
49 Larvae of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
50 Larvae of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
51 Larvae of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
52 Larvae of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
53 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
54 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
55 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
56 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
57 Larva of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
58 Pupa of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae)
59 Pupa of Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa on banana
60 Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa feeding on banana scales
61 Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) in banana scale colony
62 Sasajiscymnus dwipakalpa (Coccinellidae) in banana scale colony
63 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
64 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
65 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
66 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
67 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
68 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
69 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
70 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
71 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
72 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
73 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
74 Larva of Cybocephalus sp. (Nitidulidae) feeding on banana scale
75 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
76 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
77 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
78 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
79 Jauravia sp. (Coccinellidae) feeding on banana scale
