Wattle Tick Scale at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptes baccatus | 6 Dec 2024 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Cryptes baccatus | 2 Sep 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 1 Sep 2024 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
Note size of gall compared with size of I. purpureus.
1 comment
pmillsApio87
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
Not galls; it is the expanded cuticle of the adult females that you see.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109327-35.258330
- Altitude 605.7m
- Maps Bruce Ridge
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Aug 2024 01:10 PM Recorded on
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ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptes baccatus Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptes baccatus Scientific name
- Wattle Tick Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 878.03m 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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