Monophlebulus sp. (genus)

Giant Snowball Mealybug at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	30 Mar 2021	pmillsApio87
Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	29 Mar 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	29 Mar 2021	NedJohnston

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pmillsApio87 wrote:

30 Mar 2021

Lovely sighting! One of the native species I'm working on for a biocontrol research project to control an invasive scale insect in Victoria (giant pine scale).

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
28 Mar 2021 05:00 PM Recorded on
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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
198 images trained Machine learning
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