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Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

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Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
1 May 2025
Possibly Icerya acaciae
Monophlebidae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
1 May 2025
Maybe a horned leafhopper nymph
Monophlebulus sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
1 May 2025
Dumbletoniella whitefly?
Monophlebulus sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
30 Apr 2025
Yes Tim they are newly hatched nymphs of the cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
VanessaC wrote:
21 Apr 2025
Brilliant! A cross between an insect and a shuttlecock - that's got to be new to science.
Callipappus sp. (genus)

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Monophlebulus sp. (genus)

Coccoidea (superfamily)

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Belconnen, ACT

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Belconnen, ACT

Pseudococcidae sp. (family) at Melba, ACT

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Melba, ACT

Pseudococcidae sp. (family) at Melba, ACT

Coccoidea (superfamily) at Symonston, ACT

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Symonston, ACT

Coccoidea (superfamily) at Strathnairn, ACT

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