INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CITRUS FRUITS 



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The Long Scale * is one of some importance in Florida, but is 

 not reported from California as a pest. It is similar in habits and 

 distribution on the plant to the Purple Scale, being often found on 

 the fruit with that scale, but it may be distinguished by its narrower 



FIG. 526. The Chaff Scale on lemon. 



shape. Being about the same length as the purple scale it is much 

 narrower. They are not always distinguished by the growers. 



A scale often associated with the red and yellow scales and 

 similar to them except in color, which is more of a light gray, is the 

 Greedy Scale f. Its main injury is in disfiguring the fruit for 

 market as it rarely interferes seriously with the growth of the tree 



* Lepidosaphes gloverii Pack. See Watson l.c 

 f Aspidiotus camelliae Sign (or rapax Comstock). 



