GARDEN PESTS TX NEW ZEALAND 



On settling- to feed, this first larva commences to produce a covering 

 of white threads that mat together -to form the first scale ; the second 

 stage larva presents profound changes in the absence of legs and 

 antenna?, while the body has become pear-shaped, the head, thorax and 



Male 



Pupa 



Adult 



Cottony Cushion 3cale 

 -Adult 





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FIG. 5. ILLUSTRATIONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCALE-INSECT 

 LIFE-HISTORIES. 



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