Prickly Pear Cochineal at suppressed
Identification history
| Dactylopius opuntiae | 15 Mar 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Dactylopius coccus | 12 Mar 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Dactylopius opuntiae | 12 Mar 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 12 Mar 2024 | HarleyB |
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User's notes
Biocontrol release for the cochineal insect dactylopius opuntiae. The app won't allow me to add that species.
4 comments
pmillsApio87
wrote:
15 May 2024
@MichaelMulvaney @WendyEM 5 different species of *Dactylopius* recorded from Australia. I have been trying to find publication data on the host-specificity of the different species but haven't had any luck to date.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
15 May 2024
Harley is an ACT Government invasive plants officer I think he acquired and released the dactylopius on an opuntia species
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- HarleyB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) HarleyB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dactylopius opuntiae
Additional information
- opuntia stricta Associated plant
- dactylopius opuntiae Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Dactylopius opuntiae Scientific name
- Prickly Pear Cochineal Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 666m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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