Wattle Tick Scale at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptes baccatus | 29 Aug 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cryptes baccatus | 8 Nov 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 11 Oct 2018 | ruthkerruish |
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User's notes
Several plants affected, some have died, exact cause unsolved.
3 comments
ruthkerruish
wrote:
9 Nov 2018
I have never seen tick scale look like this before but then I have never seen it on Acacia genistifolia before. Of the 10 plants originally planted, only 4 have grown well.
ruthkerruish
wrote:
9 Nov 2018
I have never seen tick scale look like this before but then I have never seen it on Acacia genistifolia before. Of the 10 plants originally planted, only 4 have grown well.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102210-35.338445
- Altitude 622.1m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 11 Oct 2018 11:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Collections
ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptes baccatus Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Early wattle (Acacia genistifolia) Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptes baccatus Scientific name
- Wattle Tick Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 878.03m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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