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cast skin to form this covering, which we call the shell or 

 armor. The female is unable to move afterwards and soon 

 loses legs, eyes and antennae. Nothing but the mouth parts 

 and the reproductive organs remain and these are very strongly 

 developed. In the male we have an entirely different develop- 



FiG. 12. — Infested Peach Twigs. Mature females and young scales clus- 

 tered in a groove of the twig may be seen at the left. A female 

 with shell or covering raised is shown at the right. Consider- 

 ably enlarged. 



ment. The mature male has antennae very strongly developed; 

 it has eyes, legs, large wings, but strange to say it has no 

 digestive system and therefore cannot take food. It has only 

 to mate with the female and die. That is its whole mission 

 in life. The San Jose scale is exceedingly prolific and there- 

 fore spreads very rapidly. It was discovered in Connecticut 

 in 1895, but it has become very widely distributed all over the 

 State, having been found in over one hundred localities. 



