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The '''scale insects''' are small [[insect]]s of the order [[Hemiptera]], generally classified as the superfamily '''Coccoidea'''. There are abou Female scale insects, unusually for Hemiptera, retain the immature external morphology at sexual maturity. Adult males h

...e completely during their lives. Since mealybugs (as well as all other [[Hemiptera]]) are [[hemimetabolous]] insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphos