Apple mussel scale or oystershell scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi) Parasitized by a tiny parasitic wasp from Aphelinidae family – Aphytis.

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Apple mussel scale or oystershell scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi) is a invasive insect, pest of trees in orchards and others. Parasitized by a tiny parasitic wasp from Aphelinidae family – Aphytis.

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