Rose scale, an example of an armoured scale
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Aulacaspis rosarum Borchsenius
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Diaspididae
Size range
- Small, usually 2–3 mm long
Distribution
- An introduced species
Life History
- Sedentary plant–sucking insects
- Mobile only in juvenile stages
- Pests of rose and berryfruits