Mealybug
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Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pseudococcidae
Size range
- Small insects, size 2–3 mm
Distribution
- Many species, New Zealand and introduced
Life History
- Feed on plant sap
- Damaging to garden plants and in greenhouses
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