Carvalho, C.J., Kedem Avocado Gal, Rosh Pinna, 12000, Israel

The presence of the Opuntia cochineal scale insect, Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) is reported for the first time from Israel. It was collected off the Indian-fig prickly-pear, Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller (Cactaceae) in the Hula Valley of the Upper Galilee. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.