Pink Wax Scale or Red Wax Scale at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Ceroplastes rubens | 2 Jun 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 22 May 2021 | TimL |
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User's notes
Possibly Pink Wax Scale, Ceroplastes rubens? Thanks to Marcus Leach for help with this sighting adjacent to ANBG's Rainforest Gully.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107478-35.276743
- Altitude 638.0m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 21 May 2021 01:17 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ceroplastes rubens
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Ceroplastes rubens Scientific name
- Pink Wax Scale or Red Wax Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Medium weed or pest
- 10.17m to 638m 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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