Cottony cushion scale

Found on woody plants, citrus trees, and ornamentals in warm climates.

Feeds exclusively on plant phloem sap extracted using piercing-sucking mouthparts.

Females secrete a large, fluted white waxy ovisac containing hundreds of red eggs; they are mostly sedentary.

Major agricultural pest that weakens host plants through sap depletion, though successfully controlled by introduced vedalia beetle predators.