Acanthococcus coriaceus
2 Gum Tree Scale at Jerrabomberra, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Unverified | rawshorty | 29 Dec 2021 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
I am thinking these might be eggs of the Hoppers in my sighting 4414651. They were on a sapling right next to the one in that sighting and the Coconut Ants looked like they were feeding off them.
4 comments
29 Dec 2021
Hi Shorty, They also secrete a honey. I suspect they are Eriococcus coriaceus.
Location information
- Maps Callum Brae
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- rawshorty Recorded by
- Gum sapling Associated plant
- Coconut Ant Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- rawshorty Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acanthococcus coriaceus Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Species information
- Acanthococcus coriaceus Scientific name
- Gum Tree Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 714.82m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location