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Soft scales

Coccidae

Soft scales are tiny insects that often live on plants. They have a soft, waxy covering that helps protect them from predators and the weather.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Soft scales has a soft, often flattened or dome-shaped body, typically without visible segments. They come in various colors like brown, green, or pink, and lack the separate, hard protective shell found on 'hard scales'.

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Soft scales

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A special type of ant sometimes 'farms' soft scales for their sweet honeydew snack.

Female soft scales can lay hundreds of eggs, ensuring many babies are born!

Some soft scales are so still they look like bumps on a plant, not insects!

They often live in huge groups, making the plant look like it has tiny, colorful jewels.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Honeydew Helper

Soft scales can excrete sugary honeydew that attracts other insects, which helps them form mutualistic relationships.

Fähigkeit

Waxy Cloak

Soft scales has a protective waxy layer that helps them resist pesticides and dehydration.

Fähigkeit

Self-Start Species

Soft scales can reproduce without a mate through parthenogenesis, which helps them colonize new plants quickly.

Fähigkeit

Plant Mimic

Soft scales often have colors and shapes that blend in with plants, which helps them hide from predators.

Maße und Details

Größe
1-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
1000

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are tiny plant sap-suckers, feeding on the sweet juices inside plants.

Hauptnahrung

  • Plant sap
  • Phloem
  • Xylem
  • Fruit trees
  • Shrubs
  • Houseplants

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Black Garden Ant

Lasius niger

Ants protect soft scales for their sweet honeydew.

hunts

Seven-spotted Ladybug

Coccinella septempunctata

Ladybug larvae and adults feed on soft scales.

parasitizes

Brown Soft Scale Parasitoid

Metaphycus helvolus

Tiny wasps lay eggs inside scales, controlling populations.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch bugs without asking an adult first, as some can be harmful.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Soft scales?

1-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Soft scales?

30-365 Tage

Was frisst Soft scales?

They are tiny plant sap-suckers, feeding on the sweet juices inside plants.

Wo findet man Soft scales normalerweise?

Urban areas

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Soft scales?

6

Was ist der/die/das koloniegröße von Soft scales?

1000

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