Giant Snowball Mealybug at Giralang, ACT
Identification history
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 2 May 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 20 Apr 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 19 Apr 2020 | trevorpreston |
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Im guessing this is some sort of mealybug but its the biggest I have seen, I reckon it was about 12mm or so.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.086667-35.209444
- Altitude 587.0m
- Places Giralang, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Apr 2020 10:37 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Monophlebulus sp. (genus) Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Monophlebulus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Giant Snowball Mealybug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1578.06m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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