Ceroplastes rubens

Pink Wax Scale or Red Wax Scale at Acton, ACT

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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

• Collections

  Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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