A mealybug at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Pseudococcidae sp. (family) | 29 Sep 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pseudococcidae sp. (family) | 28 Sep 2023 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Melanococcus sp. (genus) | 25 Sep 2023 | abread111 |
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User's notes
I have two little videos taken under a USB microscope in which I can see the insects walking around on the stems and over the static whitish larger lumps. Can see the legs, antennae, shape of bodies etc but I could not capture this in a jpg. If I work out how to extract good photos from the videos, I'll load them.
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abread111
wrote:
28 Sep 2023
Was cutting and dabbing several of the Snowy River Wattles, but only one had the scale insects.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.174963-35.223466
- Altitude 673.0m
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2023 11:55 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Collections
abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pseudococcidae sp. (family) Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia boormanii Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Pseudococcidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- A mealybug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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