Ceroplastes sp.
Barnacle Scale at Eden, NSW
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| Ceroplastes sp. | 8 Dec 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 18 Nov 2019 | HarveyPerkins |
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User's notes
About 5 mm across.
2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
19 Nov 2019
Yes - it was on a young sapling at the very edge of the large patch of Melaleuca ericifolia.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
19 Nov 2019
It's amazing what you can find out when you've got a name! I found the info at these two links very interesting.
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Chinese-wax-scale---Ceroplastes-sinensis.html and
http://idtools.org/id/scales/factsheet.php?name=6880
This scale is clearly very widespread and feeds on a very wide range of plants (from 50+ families), but neither of these links suggests what its natural pre-globalisation range might have been - but given the name, presumably eastern Asia.
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Chinese-wax-scale---Ceroplastes-sinensis.html and
http://idtools.org/id/scales/factsheet.php?name=6880
This scale is clearly very widespread and feeds on a very wide range of plants (from 50+ families), but neither of these links suggests what its natural pre-globalisation range might have been - but given the name, presumably eastern Asia.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.910783-37.043477
- Places Eden, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2019 01:32 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
Collections
- HarveyPerkins South Coast NatureMapr Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects Ceroplastes sp.
Species information
- Ceroplastes sp. Scientific name
- Barnacle Scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Minor weed or pest
- 16.82m to 22.63m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information