Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
    • Scale insects and honeydew droplets on beech trees.
    Rights: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Published 14 April 2009 Size: 120 KB Referencing Hub media

    The scale insect lives in the bark of beech trees and produces droplets of sweet honeydew through its anal tube.

      Appears in

      ARTICLE

      Honeydew ecosystem

      The southern beech forests of New Zealand are home to a unique resource – honeydew – delicious to birds, fungi and insects. This sweet sticky substance forms the basis of an important ecosystem ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    1. + Create new collection
        2. Go to full glossary
        Download all
        Email Us

        See our newsletters here.