Callococcus acaciae

Burgan woolly scale at Greenway, ACT

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

Callococcus acaciae at Greenway, ACT - 5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM

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Identification history

Callococcus acaciae

9 Aug 2016

MichaelBedingfield

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User's notes

On the east side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.

3 comments

Heino wrote:

22 Mar 2016

Not one of mine. Perhaps micro yarn-bombing!

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

23 Mar 2016

Thanks Heino.
I have seen it around in a number of places, and not man-made, so perhaps it is an insect thing.

RogerF wrote:

10 Aug 2016

Despite a specific name of 'acaciae' the host plant of this scale is burgan, Kunzea ericoides

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Location information

Coordinates 149.054672 -35.427214
Altitude 568.1m
Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
Places Greenway, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
5 Jan 2016 08:10 PM Recorded on
MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Callococcus acaciae Scientific name
Burgan woolly scale Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 834.9m Recorded at altitude
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