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Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry

The document discusses lac insects and their uses. It notes that lac insects secrete a brown resin called lac while feeding on trees like kusum, ber, palas, and babul in the western ghats. Lac has many industrial and commercial uses - it is used in plastics, electrical insulation, adhesives, leather, and wood finishing. It also has uses in printing inks, optical frames, glazed paper, dental plates, wax crayons, and other products.

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Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry

The document discusses lac insects and their uses. It notes that lac insects secrete a brown resin called lac while feeding on trees like kusum, ber, palas, and babul in the western ghats. Lac has many industrial and commercial uses - it is used in plastics, electrical insulation, adhesives, leather, and wood finishing. It also has uses in printing inks, optical frames, glazed paper, dental plates, wax crayons, and other products.

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An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.
An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

LAC INSECTS
• Lac is the resinous protective secretion produced by a kind of
scale insect called laccifer lacca.
• They secrete a brown resinous substance called the lac.
• The minute red coloured larva of this insect settles on succulent
shoots of the host plants.
• While growing they secrete a resinous material which covers
them.

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.
An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

LAC INSECTS

• The important trees needed for lac


encrustation are the kusum, the
ber, palas, babul, and sal.
• These trees are common in the
western ghats.

Lac bug

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.
An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

USES OF LAC
• Lac is one of the most versatile natural
resinous material.
• It is useful in the plastics, electrical ,
adhesive, leather, wood finishing and other
industries .
• In the electrical industry it is used in the form
of insulating varnishes and moulded
insulators.
• It possesses very good adhesion to mica.

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.
An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

USES OF LAC
It is an ingredient of varnishes, polishes, finishes wood
used for protective and decorative purposes.
It is a principal ingredient of sealing wax.
-- also used in the manufacture of
printing and water proof inks,
optical frames,
glazed paper,
dental plates,
wax crayons,
nail polishes,
ammunition,
and bangles.

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.
An Illustration for the students who aspire for medical studies.

Prepared by T. Madhavan & K. Chandrasekaran, Lecturers in Zoology, Directorate of School Education., Pondicherry.

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