The Armored Scale Insects of California

Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, Volume 5: The Armored Scale Insects of California by Howard L. McKenzie offers a comprehensive examination of one of the most agriculturally significant insect groups—the armored scales (family Diaspididae). Often overlooked by the general entomologist and much maligned by agriculturalists, these minute but destructive pests pose a serious threat to California's orchards, nurseries, and fields. Armored scale insects latch onto tree trunks, branches,...