Lab
5: Scales and Their Relatives
Picture Sheet 5 of 6
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Parasitic wasp emerging from tuliptree
scales
Note the clear mite, (Hemisarcoptes
spp) on the lower left of the slide feeding on this euonymus scale. These
mites move between scales on the legs of ladybeetles that live in the
landscape.
Circular holes of parasitoid feeding
on soft scale.