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San Jose scale - Fecundity |
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San Jose scale females give birth to large numbers of live crawlers over a period of 40-60 days. Estimates of the fecundity (total offspring) of San Jose scale have been made in several countries, including New Zealand.
| New Zealand (1960) | >400 crawlers per female | |
| U.S.S.R. (1987) | up to 500 crawlers per female | |