Giant Snowball Mealybug at Jerrabomberra, ACT
Identification history
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 8 Oct 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Icerya acaciae | 5 Oct 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 5 Oct 2018 | nathkay |
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User's notes
Coconut ants were interested in this critter
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
6 Oct 2018
Not sure if acacia mealy bug is also found on eucalypts - which may rule the suggestion out
Location information
- Coordinates 149.158386-35.374527
- Altitude 641.0m
- Maps Jerrabomberra Grassland
- Places Jerrabomberra, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2018 09:51 AM Recorded on
- nathkay Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) nathkay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalypt sapling Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Monophlebulus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Giant Snowball Mealybug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1578.06m Recorded at altitude
- 170 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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