Furcaspis (genus)
An armoured scale at Michelago, NSW
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| Furcaspis (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 1 May 2025 | |
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | CarbonAI | 3 Jul 2024 | |
| Unverified | Illilanga | 12 Aug 2018 |
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Private property. No public access without permission. Related plant sighting: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3406904
2 comments
31 Aug 2018
This is a pod of a pea, a different plant from the sedge IDd in the related sighting.
1 Sep 2018
No, these were on one of the sedges. If you look closely, you can see that they are small shell-like scale insects of some sort. I have added another photo to show the full plant in the background.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154838-35.781008
- Altitude 774.2m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 6 Aug 2018 03:25 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
- Lepidosperma laterale Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Illilanga Completed Illilanga NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects Furcaspis (genus)
Species information
- Furcaspis (genus) Scientific name
- An armoured scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 774.19m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species