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Icerya purchasi

Cottony cushion scale at Acton, ACT

Icerya purchasi at Acton, ACT - 6 May 2022
Icerya purchasi at Acton, ACT - 6 May 2022
Icerya purchasi at Acton, ACT - 6 May 2022
Icerya purchasi at Acton, ACT - 6 May 2022
Icerya purchasi at Acton, ACT - 6 May 2022
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Identification history

Icerya purchasi 12 May 2023 pmillsApio87
Icerya purchasi 11 May 2022 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 10 May 2022 TimL

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The 9mm long Scale insect had at least 7 tiny orange-coloured offspring on the bark around it.

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Sighting information

  • 8 Abundance
  • 6 May 2022 11:32 AM Recorded on
  • TimL Recorded by

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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