Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE TRUE BUGS 133 -, female loses her legs and eyes, and the body becomes a mere mass of yellowish protoplasm with long, threadlike mouth-parts ar/d a characteristic fringe of plates and hairs at the tip of the abdo- men, by which the species is principally distinguished. They are named armored scales be- cause the scales of this group are mere coverings and form no part of the insect. The scales of the males are much smaller than those of the females, and after the second molt the male goes into a tr
Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE TRUE BUGS 133 -, female loses her legs and eyes, and the body becomes a mere mass of yellowish protoplasm with long, threadlike mouth-parts ar/d a characteristic fringe of plates and hairs at the tip of the abdo- men, by which the species is principally distinguished. They are named armored scales be- cause the scales of this group are mere coverings and form no part of the insect. The scales of the males are much smaller than those of the females, and after the second molt the male goes into a true pupa stage (otherwise the Hemiptera have incomplete metamorphosis), the legs, wings, and antennae being Fir,. 186. Female San Jose scale, mature female insect removed from beneath it. (Greatly enlarged) (After Alwood) outlined, and with the next molt the adult male emerges from the scale and flies to fertilize the fe- male. The adult males of all the Coccidae have but n single pair of
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