Giant Snowball Mealybug at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Monophlebidae sp. (family) | 12 May 2023 | pmillsApio87 | ||
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 10 May 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 9 May 2023 | LisaH |
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User's notes
I think this was a beetle?
1 comment
pmillsApio87
wrote:
12 May 2023
Markings and colour doesn't quite match *Monophlebulus*. Could be a species from one of the similar-looking genera (e.g. *Melaleucococcus*, *Nodulicoccus*).
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
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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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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