Like many Homoptera, scale insects can produce wax.

和很多同翅目昆虫一样介壳虫能够产生蜡质。

Ladybugs are a scale insect's worst nightmare.

瓢虫是介壳虫噩梦般的克星。

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

然后这种杀虫剂混合液喷到能找到几只这种介壳虫的柑橘树上。

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

这种鲜红色染料是由一种特殊的真正昆虫产生的：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虫。

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，但雌性介壳虫的生活非常简单：吸取汁液并保护自己。