Icerya acaciae

1 Acacia mealy bug at Amaroo, ACT

Icerya acaciae at Amaroo, ACT - 25 Jan 2020
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Identification history

Icerya acaciae 2 Feb 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 1 Feb 2020 kdm

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I assume this is a leafhopper adult (right) & instar (left)?

4 comments

   2 Feb 2020
The ID is for the Acacia mealy bug on the left.
Can you please put in a separate sighting for the leafhopper, which looks like Sextius virescens.
kdm wrote:
   2 Feb 2020
Thanks @michaelb, I've made a separate sighting for the leafhopper. Any clue what the tiny insects on the stem are?
   2 Feb 2020
Hi kdm
I don't know what the tiny insects on the stem are but maybe someone else does.
TimL wrote:
   3 Feb 2020
Could they be Pulvinaria scale insects, similar to sighting 4201381? The size and shape look a bit similar.

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Additional information

  • Small ants tending to them. They were on an Acacia, mearnsii I think from memory Associated Insect
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Icerya acaciae Scientific name
  • Acacia mealy bug Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 687.1m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Auloicerya acaciae

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