The body is the same color with a purplish sheen. Eggs Eggs are deposited singly or in small clusters on hariy spots on the plant such as blossoms and young leaves at the growing tips of vines. Eggs are hard to locate since they are thin walled and have no definite shape. At first they are white, but later they turn a dull yellow and look like pieces of beeswax. It is almost colorless except for slightly darker jaws and a black spot on each side of the head.
Every segment has very small dark tubercles , each containing a long bristle.
The larva grows rapidly and casts its skin 5 times during its development. In the fourth instar, the larva attains a length of about half an inch, and the spots are almost black. When the fourth instar skin is cast, a decided change takes place. The spots are lost, and the fifth instar is at first plain white but soon turns pale green or pink. It retains this color until it leaves the fruit and spins a cocoon in a fold of wilted leaf or among dead leaves or trash on the ground.