scale insect in English
In the late 1880s, for example, predaceous ladybird beetles imported from Australia had decimated the cottony-cushion scale insect that was consuming citrus crops in California.
Use "scale insect" in a sentence
1. The Cochineal Bug is a scale insect that is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a beetle when in fact is a scale insect
2. Cottony Cushion Scale Insect A sample of Pittosporum was brought into the office to have an obvious issue identified
3. Whole Cochineal – Whole dried Cochineal is a scale insect that invades the nopal cactus and is about the size of a grain of Arborio rice with a silvery purple hue
4. Cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) is a scale insect that feeds on many woody plants and is particularly fond of citrus.The mature insects lay white, squishy egg sacs containing hundreds of red eggs on twigs and branches