Cryptes baccatus
1 Wattle Tick Scale at Cooma, NSW
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| Cryptes baccatus | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Nov 2022 | |
| Cryptes baccatus | trevorpreston | 15 Nov 2022 | |
| Unverified | mahargiani | 15 Nov 2022 |
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On juvenile acacia. Only one colony found. Appears to be insect eggs, about 3mm diameter. Outside leathery. Inside brown pulp when egg broken using fingers. Surrounded by ants.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.123667-36.216873
- Altitude 850.5m
- Maps Cooma North Ridge Reserve
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2022 01:36 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
- Acacia Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- mahargiani Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptes baccatus Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Species information
- Cryptes baccatus Scientific name
- Wattle Tick Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 878.03m Recorded at altitude
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