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Scale insect   /skeɪl ˈɪnsˌɛkt/   Listen
Scale insect

noun
1.
Small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering.





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"Scale insect" Quotes from Famous Books



... become so this summer. "It is very curious, papa," said Jack, "that the flies, after they have laid their eggs, should die there; why do not they fly away? Do any other animals do the same?" Yes, pretty much so. Some of the female insects of the genus called Coccus, scale insect, or mealy bug, common on the stems of various trees, to which they sometimes do incredible mischief, lay their eggs and die over them, the dead bodies of the parents forming coverings for the young. ...
— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children • W. Houghton


Words linked to "Scale insect" :   cochineal, cochineal insect, soft scale, wax insect, armored scale, coccid insect, Dactylopius coccus


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