Like many Homoptera, scale insects can produce wax.

和很多同翅目昆一样介壳能够产生蜡质。

Ladybugs are a scale insect's worst nightmare.

介壳噩梦般的克星。

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

然后这种杀剂混合液喷到能找到几只这种介壳的上。

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

这种鲜红色染料由一种特殊的真正昆产生的：雌性胭脂。

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

这一项艰巨的工作，但至少从 10 世纪开始， 墨西哥的阿兹特克人和土著人民就开始养殖介壳。

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.

虽然有翅膀的雄性可以飞来交配并躲避捕食者，但雌性介壳的生活非常简单：吸取汁液并保护自己。