Many generations per year, a new one emerging every two to three weeks. Overwinter in egg stage, except in the warmest regions where it breeds year-round.
Fruit develops a ring around the blossom end.
Praying Mantids Trichogramma sp. A beekeeper has been using bayleaf in his hives to repel tracheal mites and has had no problems with the mites as long as he keeps leaves in the hive. Any that he didn't put leaves in have the mites. Beneficial Nematodes Bt var. Encarsia formosa Eretmocerus nr.