Ceroplastes floridensis

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Ceroplastes floridensis on Ficus benjamina (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service - IPM Images
Ceroplastes floridensis on Ilex cornuta (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Chazz Hesselein, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Source: IPM Images

Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881 - (Florida wax scale)

The scale insect is widespread and attacks citrus, ornamentals and other crops.

Vernacular names
• Deutsch: Florida-Schildlaus
• English: Florida wax scale
• Español: guagua de cera de Florida
• Français: céroplaste de Floride
• Português: cochonilha-sem-carapaça