Icerya purchasi
1 Cottony cushion scale at Acton, ACT
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| Icerya purchasi | KimPullen | 6 Mar 2019 | |
| Icerya purchasi | TimL | 6 Mar 2019 |
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A scale insect being attended to by ants. This is a follow up sighting of the insect first recorded in sighting 4197910 on 15th Feb 2019.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108489-35.277012
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2019 09:28 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Icerya purchasi Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Species information
- Icerya purchasi Scientific name
- Cottony cushion scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 778m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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