Investigations on the biology of Cinara cupressi, a voracious aphid of cypress trees in Kenya, showed that the aphid produced four nymphal instars within a fortnight under laboratory conditions of 22°C and 89% r.h. Reproduction was two nymphs per female adult per day for 12 days of reproduction. Nymphal multiplication was brisk, but was drastically countered by mortality which was highest in the first, third and fourth instars. This led to a mere nymphal survival of 11.0% at most under laboratory conditions.
