Cottony cushion scale at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Icerya purchasi | 12 May 2023 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Icerya purchasi | 11 May 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 10 May 2022 | TimL |
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The 9mm long Scale insect had at least 7 tiny orange-coloured offspring on the bark around it.
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Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 8 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Icerya purchasi Scientific name
- Cottony cushion scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 778m Recorded at altitude
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