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Black, with 2 or 3 yellow spots in front 



"^Yellow-Shouldered Ladybird 



Red, with dark spots */ 'cdalia Ladybird 



Longer than wide, dark, orange front and rear.. 



"^"Brozvnie" Ladybird 



Only front half of upper wings horny or all wings 

 shorter than body; legs, head and snout rather 

 long; red and dark bronze on top; moves rather 



slowly ?*Hazimian Kissing-Bug 



Wings transparent, gauze-like, folded roof-like over 

 its body when at rest ; uniformly green or brown, 



good-sized insect (H-y^m. long) *Lace-zving Fly 



Wings transparent, either folded flat on back or in 

 motion ; insect very tiny, brown, black or brown 



with black markings *Scale Panasite 



Wings white or yellowish, mealy, insect very small. .. .IVIiite Fly 

 Wings two. 



Very tiny insect, wings folded flat on back, cottony 



threads often project behind Male of Scale Insect 



'Good-sized fly, light brown with darker markings and 

 bronze thorax, hovering about an aphis colony or 



resting nearby *H over-Fly 



Wingless, but with legs. 



Moving rapidly when disturbed, with curved pincer-like 



organs in front and; a pile of rubbish on its back 



^Larva of Lace-ming Fly 



Moving slowly, spiny, pale yellowish. .. .*Larva of Steel-blue Ladybird 

 Moving slowly when disturbed, covered with very white, 



conspicuous, waxy filaments "^Larva of "Broimiie" Ladybird 



Moving slowly, reddish, usually on cottony cushion scale. . 



*Larz'a of Vedalia 



Oval, convex, reddish, with yellow or white fringe about 



margin Young Cottony-cushion Scale 



Very tiny, yellow or purple, more or less mealy . .Young Scale Bugs 

 Without wings or visible legs. 



A dark-brown batch, sticky to the touch, whitish on top, 



usually on leaf f*F^gg-batch of Hazvaiian Kissing-Bug 



Yellowish batch of eggs standing on end, 6-12 in batch. 



usually on leaf ^Eggs of 8-spotted Ladybird 



Tiny, green tgg at end of slender rod, the other end of 



which is fastened to the leaf "^Fgg of Lace-wing Fly 



Pearly sphere, size of small, mourning pin-head, fastened 



to leaf *Pupa of Lace-wing Fly 



Brown, gray or black organism of indefinite shape, with or 

 without spines, occurring singly or several together. 



fastened to the leaf ^Pupa of Ladybird 



With leathery or horny cover Scale Bug 



Scale horny, circular, convex, dark Florida Red-Scale 



Scale as above, but reddish, insect adheres to scale 



when latter is raised Orange Red-Scale 



Scale mussel-shell shaped, brown, distinctly keeled 



lengthwise, male scales numerous, white Snozv Scale 



Scale as above, but not keeled, more or less comma- 

 shaped, shape and color of male scale same as 



female, only smaller Purple Scale 



Scale somewhat elongate, but with parallel sides, cen- 

 tral portion black Mediterranean Scale 



Scale elongate with parallel sides, less than 1/25 in. 

 long, pale yellow Pupa of White-Fly 



