Giant Snowball Mealybug at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 30 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 30 Aug 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 29 Aug 2021 | NedJohnston |
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pmillsApio87
wrote:
12 May 2023
More likely an *Icerya* based on the beginning of an ovisac forming underneath the insect.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102417-35.275006
- Altitude 673.0m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Aug 2021 10:40 AM Recorded on
- NedJohnston Recorded by
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NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Monophlebulus sp. (genus) Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm 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
- External link More information
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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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