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Cryptes baccatus

Wattle Tick Scale at Wamboin, NSW

Cryptes baccatus at Wamboin, NSW - 13 Nov 2022
Cryptes baccatus at Wamboin, NSW - 13 Nov 2022
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Identification history

Cryptes baccatus 14 Nov 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Cryptes baccatus 13 Nov 2022 davidmcdonald

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Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) (Millipede) at Wamboin, NSW - 5 Dec 2022 by davidmcdonald Dindymus versicolor (Harlequin Bug) at Wamboin, NSW - 19 Jul 2021 by davidmcdonald Erodium cicutarium (Common Storksbill, Common Crowfoot) at Wamboin, NSW - 5 Apr 2020 by davidmcdonald
Paradoxosomatidae sp. (family) (Millipede) at Wamboin, NSW - 5 Dec 2022 by davidmcdonald
Dindymus versicolor (Harlequin Bug) at Wamboin, NSW - 19 Jul 2021 by davidmcdonald
Erodium cicutarium (Common Storksbill, Common Crowfoot) at Wamboin, NSW - 5 Apr 2020 by davidmcdonald

Location information

Species information

  • Cryptes baccatus Scientific name
  • Wattle Tick Scale Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 13 Nov 2022 01:03 PM Recorded on
  • davidmcdonald Recorded by

Additional information

  • Cootamundra wattle Associated plant
  • ants Associated Insect
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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