Cryptes baccatus
Wattle Tick Scale at Aranda, ACT
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| Cryptes baccatus | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Aug 2026 | |
| Unverified | KMcCue | 24 Aug 2026 |
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User's notes
Acacia tolerating insect attack, should they be removed?
2 comments
24 Aug 2026
The scale insect is likely to become more numerous but I have not heard of them actually killing a tree - there is also a beetle that preys on them
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081572-35.257678
- Altitude 637.2m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 18 Aug 2026 03:42 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- KMcCue NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects Cryptes baccatus
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
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