DSC_0576 Limpit scale (Inglisia patella) close-up of scales on underside of Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) Makarora *
11005-35301 Sooty beech scale (Ultracoelostoma assimile) showing the waxy, hard globular capsule, concealing a second stage nymph. Note the long silvery, tubular thread through which droplets of honeydew are excreted. Nelson *
DSC_5788 Great Giant Scale (Coelostomidia zealandica) on silver beech trunk. These sap-feeding females excrete considerable quantities of sugar-rich honeydew - an important sugar resource for forest insects birds and reptiles. Females are quite large with a body length of 6-15 mm, and a width of 4-8 mm, whereas the smaller, winged males, are only 3.5-4.3 mm in length. Waikaia Bush *
