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Notes: This section discusses the resourcefulness of diaspidids in exploiting new habitats and hosts, and emphasizes the danger of cultivating plants in stressful habitats where they are likely to be more susceptible to attack and injury by herbivorous insects. Scale species mentioned include Aonidiella aurantii, Fiorinia externa and Nuculaspis tsugae.