Coccidohystrix insolita (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) the egg plant mealy bug. Males and young females are present in this image. Males are tiny winged insects around a mm body length with drifting hovering flight and are seldom seen. Similar sexual dimorphism is seen in the scale insects.
In this instance the female population on the egg plant is into the third generation and the density is very high. Many males are present today. I expect the males to disappear in a day or two leaving young females primed for the fourth and overwhelming generation.
The next day the males were gone.
PS. The wing folding is different in the two males side by side above. Left over right and right over left. I wonder if there is a preferred handedness?
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