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Old 29-04-2007, 06:39 PM
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Re: Scale insects - help and advice

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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott View Post
There are a lot of different scales: Pulvinaria regalis is the largest and the only British one producing the 'cotton wool': others tend to be flat and difficult to see because they fasten down on to leaves. There are different sorts - felted scales, oyster scales &c depedning on whether they are soft or hard ... but, really, no I haven't found anything comprehensive about British ladyirds.
Well thanks anyway. These are the ones I found on Holly



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