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CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



plying remedies, therefore, can be stated to be parallel 

 with those chosen for the purple scale. The parasites 

 of the two species are, likewise, the same. 



Treatment: The same as for the purple scale. 



Red Scale of Florida. (Aspidiotus ficus Ashmead). 

 The female is circular, dark reddish brown to black in 

 color and two mm. in diameter. The scale of the male 

 is considerably smaller, being about one-fourth the size 

 of the female scales. 



duced into 

 ably intro- 

 Florida from 

 the present 

 Cuba, but at 

 It was prob- 

 This spe- 

 cies infests 

 branches, 

 leaves and 

 fruit alike, 

 time it is not 

 very widely 

 distrib u t e d 

 and does not 



cause nearly so much damage as the purple and long 

 scales. 



Remedies: (9), (7) or (8). 



Red Scale of California. (Aspidiotus aurantii Mas- 

 kell). This species of scale insect appears to have at- 

 tracted attention within the confines of the United States 

 only in California, and, on the other hand, it is worthy of 



Fig. 113. Florida Red Scale (Aspidiotus ficus 



Ashmead) on the under side of pomelo 



leaf. About natural size. 



