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Identification history
| Eriococcidae sp. (family) | 10 Jun 2025 | Nestor | ||
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 4 Jul 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Coccidae sp. (family) | 22 Jan 2023 | SimoneC |
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User's notes
A very common scale on our Casuarinas. I was not able to find any reference to scale on Casuarinas, superficially it looks similar to Phacelococcus
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Nestor
wrote:
10 Jun 2025
See http://scalenet.info/associates/casuarina/eriococcidae/ for Eriococcids on Casuarina.
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- SimoneC Recorded by
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Collections
SimoneC NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Casuarina cunninghamiana Associated plant
- Ants and Orcus bilunulatus Ladybird Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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