Cottony cushion scale at Phillip, ACT
Identification history
| Icerya sp. (genus) | 10 Jul 2023 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Icerya purchasi | 8 Jul 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Icerya purchasi | 8 Jul 2023 | Hejor1 |
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pmillsApio87
wrote:
10 Jul 2023
Shape of the specimen with the fully-formed ovisac doesn't match that for *Icerya purchasi* (too straight). The specimen on the leaf is not a scale insect; looks like a pupa of a coccinellid beetle.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.086689-35.342556
- Altitude 588.7m
- Places Phillip, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Jul 2023 02:13 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- pittosporum Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
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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