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Small scale insect

Small scale insect sucking some fresh plant juices from this new Lantana flower.

 

Some info on Scale insects from Wikipedia:

 

The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily Coccoidea. There are about 8,000 species of scale insects.

 

Most scale insects are parasites of plants, feeding on sap drawn directly from the plant's vascular system. Scale insects vary dramatically in their appearance from very small organisms (1-2 mm) that occur under wax covers (some look like oyster shells), to shiny pearl-like objects (about 5 mm), to creatures covered with mealy wax.

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Uploaded on July 11, 2009
Taken on July 10, 2009