Abstract
The life cycle of the citrus fruit spider mite Eotetranychus egypticus Abdel-Rahman , Ibrahim & Ibrahim averaged 13.9±2.97 days for female and 15.3±1.1 days for male at laboratory conditions of about 25C & 60% R.H. Egg incubation, and total immature stages period averaged 5.7±0.45 & 8.6 ± 2.66 days for female and 5.8±0.43 & 9.5±1.3 days for male. Oviposition period averaged 13.6±1.37 days during which average female laid 25.4±2.19 eggs with a daily rate 1.9±0.27 eggs. Adult female and male longevity averaged 17.3±0.88 and 8.6±1.28 days respectively. Larva, protonymph and deutonymph were described and illustrated for the first time.