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Keywords: different kinds of pollen were tested on the postembryonic survival and oviposition rate of T. exhilarates mite predator Panonychus citri gave the best results with the highest percentage of laid eggs, among pollens the maximum was attained by Rosmarinus, on citrus pollen the mite predator neither developed nor oviposited, its larvae do not feed on pollen