The virus is transmitted from tree to tree by mealybug vectors. The mango is more affected by the mango mealybug. One survey in Egypt noted 12 species of parasitoid wasps on the citrus mealybug. The citrus mealybug has a nested endosymbiosis. The adult female cotton mealybug lays several hundred eggs in an ovisac. Red imported fire ants have developed a mutual relationship with another mealybug ("Dysmicoccus morrisoni"). This provides a means for the mealybug to be dispersed widely. In return, they feed on the mealybug honeydew. Red imported fire ants have formed a relationship with an invasive mealybug, "Phenacoccus solenopsis". Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name Mealybug Ladybird or Mealybug Destroyer, is ladybird species. In the United Kingdom, "Meconopsis" has been affected by the invasive golden root mealybug. Larvae feed on mealybug eggs, young crawlers and their honeydew. The citrus mealybug is also a vector for plant viruses. No transmission of the virus occurs through the mealybug eggs. The citrus mealybug can live "on almost any flowering plant".