California red scale
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 are spread easily by the [...] forming the typical appearance of the shield after they first moult. A few days later, the sexes become more distinguished from each other by their shape [...] after the colour of the edges of their shield. Mating occurs at the start of this stage, before the female finally matures. The male goes through the pre-pupal