The population below was found on my potted fig plant (Ficus variegata) in August 2024. The hosting ants were Pheidole parva. Being a soil-dwelling ant species, they were bringing sand up the plant with the intend to bury the matured scale insects (more for protecting their food source).

Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hemiptera | Family: Coccidae | Genus: Parasaissetia |