We had kept the Coccidae under controlled, after we identified it back in March. We resorted to manually removing the shell with brush (semi hard baby milk feeding bottle) and stick. Removal do not need to be 100%, removing those at the top edges will do, as those at the bottom are the hatched eggs. Removing those at the bottom helps too.
Second prong of measure is to spray the plants with insecticide/ ants killer. The ants actually protects the Coccidae from their natural predators. Hence removing the ants helps.
Note the hole at the tip of the scale. These are some hatched scales still attached. We had just a small numbers of fatality as it was discovered at an early stage and successful treatment administered. We shall still keep track of this is the coming months.
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