Monophlebulus sp. (genus)

Giant Snowball Mealybug at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	12 May 2023	pmillsApio87
Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	25 May 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Monophlebulus sp. (genus)	25 May 2022	TimL

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User's notes

The insect appeared to have fallen from above and been impaled upside-down on a spike. The head end is adjacent to the penetration. Thanks to Marcus for the initial sighting within a bush.

1 comment

RogerF wrote:

25 May 2022

This happens surpringly often!! In the northern Hemisphere it could be attrbuted to the behaviour of a bird in the shrike family

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Location information

Coordinates 149.108988 -35.274080
Altitude 612.7m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 May 2022 12:02 PM Recorded on
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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
198 images trained Machine learning
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