Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, Marshall Islands

May 2012. An image of what appears to be papaya infested with mealybugs was sent to the University of Guam from the Marchall Islands, and appears here: guaminsects.myspecies.info/scale-insect-infesting-papaya-majuro-0

It was confirmed by a taxonomist in California that it is the Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams Granara de Willink. There are no parasitised mealybugs in the material, although there were quite a few predatory dipteran larvae and coccinellid larvae in the samples.