California red scale
insect body. The female’s shield measures approximately 2 mm in diameter, male covers are more elongated, smaller and paler. Red scales are ovoviviparous: [...] occurs at the start of this stage, before the female finally matures. The male goes through the pre-pupal and pupal stages under its cover, before emerging [...] winged adult. Then, it locates the female by her pheromones and mates. The male does not feed and lives at most for a day. The population tends to be mostly