California red scale
tend to target young shoots and apical leaves and fruits, where they prefer to settle in small hidden spaces. After inserting their mouthparts to start [...] Each female can produce 100-150 young over a period of six to eight weeks, at a rate of one to three a day. The crawlers are mobile and very small, so they [...] information Red scale or California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) belongs to the Diaspididae family and is a pest found worldwide, mainly in citrus, but