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Mealybugs

Pseudococcidae

Mealybugs are small, soft insects that look like tiny cotton balls. They like to live on plants and can be found in gardens and greenhouses, sucking the juice from leaves.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

The Mealybugs are tiny, soft-bodied insects, typically oval-shaped and covered in a white, powdery wax. They often have short, waxy filaments projecting from their body margins, giving them a fluffy, segmented appearance. Adult females are wingless.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHemipteraPseudococcidae
Mealybugs
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Mealybugs

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Certain tiny wasps are natural enemies, laying their eggs inside mealybugs!

Did you know male mealybugs have wings, but they don't even eat as adults?

Some mealybug mothers protect their eggs inside a fluffy, waxy sac!

They often hide in leaf crevices or under bark, making them hard to spot!

特殊能力

能力

Wax Armor

Mealybugs has a thick, powdery wax coating that helps them repel water and protect against predators.

能力

Sweet Secretion

Mealybugs can secrete sweet honeydew that helps them attract ants, who then protect them.

能力

Sap Sucker

Mealybugs can pierce plant tissues with specialized mouthparts that helps them extract nutrient-rich sap.

サイズと詳細

サイズ
1-4 mm
寿命
15-30 日
脚の数
6
コロニーの大きさ
1000

食性と食事

Mealybugs are tiny plant parasites that suck sugary sap from many different plants.

主な食物

  • Citrus
  • Grapes
  • Hibiscus
  • Orchids
  • Ferns

生態系とのつながり

eaten by

Mealybug Destroyer

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

This beetle larvae feast on mealybugs as a food source.

symbiotic with

Black Garden Ant

Formica fusca

Ants protect mealybugs for their sugary honeydew.

eats

Orange Tree

Citrus sinensis

Mealybugs suck sap from its leaves and stems.

特徴

別名

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コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Don't touch mealybugs; they can harm plants, but they are not harmful to people.

よくある質問

Mealybugsのサイズは何ですか?

1-4 mm

Mealybugsの寿命は何ですか?

15-30 日

Mealybugsは何を食べますか?

Mealybugs are tiny plant parasites that suck sugary sap from many different plants.

Mealybugsは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Mealybugsの脚の数は何ですか?

6

Mealybugsのコロニーの大きさは何ですか?

1000

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