Secondly, the sheer volume of sap a scale insect imbibes would quickly inflate it to bursting, but an efficient fluid balance mechanism—the insect equivalent of vertebrate kidneys—quickly extracts the surplus fluid from the sap and excretes it as honeydew, the sugary water that all sap-feeding insects excrete in copious quantities. In heavy infestations of scale insects, the honeydew may be produced in sufficient quantities to coat the leaves and other parts of the plant, impairing the plant's ability to photosynthesize and encouraging the growth of fungi.

The inhalent canals appear to be situated below the most superficial layer of the epidermis

The remaining pellet was re-digested, by resolubilization in 2M thiourea, 7 M urea and 1% CHAPS detergent and incubated at 60°C for 2 hours, reduced with 10mM Dithiothreitol (DTT) with incubation at 37°C for 1 hour, diluted 10-fold with 50 mM NH 4 HCO 3, 1mM CaCl2.

You're here to set off skyrockets for Barbara Anne, not to regale us with the steam-room boffolas of Beverly Hills. Well, I thought it was a cute story, Mr. Blakelee said.