The fabric was dyed bright red with pigment made from Kermes vermilio, a species of scale insect. The fabric was dated to 3,800 years ago, which made it the oldest known use of scale insects for ...

The gloomy scale is a species of armored scale insect (family Diaspidae) that infests many trees but is most associated with maples. These gray-brown insects attach themselves to bark and use ...

3), and can be up to 2 mm wide with a central pale ring. The test is not attached to the body and can be peeled back to reveal the soft-bodied scale insect (Fig.3). Spends winter as a female beneath ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...

Other insects provide humans with material goods such as honey (honey bees), silk (silk moths), dyes and shellac (scale insects), and tannic acid and inks (insect galls). Without insects ...

"For those who were not already aware of insect declines, this should be a wake-up call," Edwards said. "We urgently need both local and national-scale conservation efforts to support butterflies and ...

The scale itself will not kill the plants. However, the sooty mold is the real problem. The more insects, the more sooty mold there is. The mold covers the leaves which reduces photosynthesis.