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What are the morphological characteristics, damage features, and living habits of the jujube mealybug?
The adult jujube mealybug is flat and oval, with a body length of about 2.5 cm, a slightly raised back, densely covered with white waxy powder, needle-like waxy structures along the body margin, and a pair of exceptionally long waxy tail bristles at the rear. The nymph is flat and oval, with well-developed legs that are brown. The egg is oval, composed of white waxy flocculent material. The jujube mealybug has 3 generations per year, overwinters as nymphs in bark crevices, begins activity in April, lays eggs in early May, with an egg period of 9-10 days. The peak occurrence periods of nymphs for each generation are early June, mid-July, and mid-September. Mass overwintering begins in early October.