Monophlebidae sp. (family)

Mealy Bugs at Symonston, ACT

Monophlebidae sp. (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019
Monophlebidae sp. (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019
Monophlebidae sp. (family) at Symonston, ACT - 24 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Monophlebidae sp. (family) 17 Aug 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Monophlebidae sp. (family) 16 Mar 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Monophlebulus sp. (genus) 25 Jan 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 25 Jan 2019 Christine

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Found just inside the Coconut Ant's nest, under the "sawdust" covering.

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Mike wrote:
   26 Jan 2019
It looks like a mealybug. I saw ants trapping a giant snowball mealybug by building around and over it.
   16 Mar 2019
This one doesn't look like Pseudococcidae sp. (family). How about Monophlebidae sp. (family)

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