scale insect

Noun

Meaning

small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

Source: WordNet

scale cicada cochineal aphid hemipteran homopteran well done assassin bug planthopper bed bug psyllid leafhopper jumping plant louse jassid lace bug

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meek still placid soft beautiful rational

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A few species also consume small arthropods (such as the camphor scale Pseudaonidia duplex, a scale insect ). Source: Internet

For the wealthy, the dye used was kermes, made from a tiny scale insect which fed on the branches and leaves of the oak tree. Source: Internet