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Scale insect

life science Maturity 5-7

Some bugs are very small.

Scale Insects (2127992762).jpg
Scale Insects (2127992762).jpg
They live on plants. They drink plant juice for food. The moms stay in one place. They make a wax home. It keeps them safe. Can you find them on a leaf?
Armored scale insects.png
Armored scale insects.png

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Armored scale insects.png
File:EB1911 Hemiptera - Fig. 13.—Apple Scale Insect (Mytilaspis pomorum).jpg
EB1911 Hemiptera - Fig. 13.—Apple Scale...
File:EB1911 Hemiptera - Fig. 12.—Apple Scale Insect.jpg
EB1911 Hemiptera - Fig. 12.—Apple Scale Insect.jpg
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Drosicha_Lefroy.jpg
File:Scale Insects (2127992762).jpg
Scale Insects (2127992762).jpg
File:Formica fusca and mealy bugs.jpg
Formica fusca and mealy bugs.jpg
File:Ladybug(india).jpg
Ladybug(india).jpg
File:Neomaskellia bergii from CSIRO.jpg
Neomaskellia bergii from CSIRO.jpg
File:Psyllia pyricola.png
Psyllia pyricola.png
File:HEMI Margarodidae Coelostomidia wairoensis m.png
HEMI Margarodidae Coelostomidia wairoensis m.png
File:Daktulosphaira vitifoliae from CSIRO.jpg
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae from CSIRO.jpg
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Acropyga glaesaria SMFBE457B2 01.jpg
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