Cottony cushion scale at Franklin, ACT
Identification history
| Icerya purchasi | 15 May 2024 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Icerya purchasi | 13 Feb 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 12 Feb 2024 | chriselidie |
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This has been in about the same place for weeks. Looks like it has six white feet, a reddish-black shield and white body.
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Location information
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Collections
chriselidie Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Icerya purchasi Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Persian silk tree Associated plant
- None Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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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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