Lepidosaphes sp. (genus)

Mussel scale at Hawker, ACT

Lepidosaphes sp. (genus) at Hawker, ACT - 1 Oct 2019
Lepidosaphes sp. (genus) at Hawker, ACT - 1 Oct 2019
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Lepidosaphes sp. (genus) 10 May 2021 KimPullen
Unidentified 4 Oct 2019 AlisonMilton

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Not sure these are actually scale as they appear to be grubs, but the closest I can think of. Quite tiny.

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KimPullen wrote:
   10 May 2021
Possibly Lepidosaphes ulmi, a well known introduced pest insect - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidosaphes_ulmi.

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