There is evidence for ecdysteroid production in the integument and pathways of hormone inactivation are similar to those in insects.
The most prominent features of ovules of this type are large glands on the outer surface of the integument, occur ring within the sarcotesta.
Secretions from frozen larvae were obtained by defrosting them and subsequently pressing the integument gently with forceps on both sides of the osmeteria.
Mesonotal integument dark brown, with a pair of submedian paler lines, with dark brown, small, narrow curved scales.
Mesonotum : integument and scales dark brown, the scales rather narrow.
In the midfetal period the already formed special sense organs of hands, eyes, nostrils, and mouth are sealed by fusion and thickening of the integument.
An attack takes only a fraction of a second, during which time the female may place one or more larvae on the host's integument.
Composite moulding of the frond suggests that the quilt boundaries correspond to structures stiff enough to press through the integument.
