Like many Homoptera, scale insects can produce wax.

和很多同翅目昆虫一样介壳虫能够蜡质。

Ladybugs are a scale insect's worst nightmare.

瓢虫是介壳虫噩梦般克星。

Then, spray this expulsive insecticide cocktail on a citrus tree where you find a couple of these scale insects.

然后这种杀虫剂混合液喷到能找到几只这种介壳虫柑橘树上。

This bright red dye is produced by a specific kind of true bug: female cochineal scale insects.

这种鲜艳红色染料是由一种特定真虫——雌性胭脂虫。

It’s intense work, but scale insects have been farmed by the Aztec and indigenous people of Mexico since at least the 10th Century.

这是一项繁重工作，但自至少10世纪起， 阿兹特克人和墨西哥土着居民就开始养殖这些介壳虫了。

While the winged males can fly to mate and escape predators, life as a female scale insect is pretty simple: suck sap and protect yourself.

虽然有翅雄性可以飞行以交配和逃避天敌，但雌性蚧虫活却很简单：吸取汁液并保护自己。