Black scale, Saissetia nigra

Black scales are occasional pests on leaves and sometimes even fruits during summer.
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blackscaleimage0101 METAPHYCUS Metaphycus sp. (Encyrtidae), a common and effective parasitoid of black scale marietta-leopardina Marietta leopardina (Aphelinidae), a hyperparasitoid of Metaphycus sp.