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Lab 5: Scales and Their Relatives
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Settled pine needle scales on pine needle.

Note how the covers are still clear. Two percent Oil can kill scales until covers turn opaque.

Illustration of armored scale and two common greenhouse soft scales ( after J. Davidson Univ MD).
Range of forms of armored scale species. Tulip tree scales. This soft scale lacks armor.
White peach scale. The armored scale had the cover flipped off to expose the orange fleshy female and the eggs. Accumulation of honeydew from Tuliptree scale on Magnolia. Note how it has turned black from sooty mold.

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