Icerya purchasi
Cottony cushion scale at Capalaba, QLD
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| Icerya purchasi | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Apr 2025 | |
| Icerya purchasi | TimL | 14 Feb 2024 |
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A follow up to previous sighting 4552717. The images show close up detail of newly hatched and emerging Cottony cushion scale nymphs on the white grooved egg sac of an adult. In the final image one of the nymphs already has a yellowish scale partially formed on its top surface.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.216748-27.548110
- Altitude 47.0m
- Places Capalaba, QLD
Sighting information
- 16 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2024 11:38 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Icerya purchasi Scientific name
- Cottony cushion scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 778m Recorded at altitude
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7 / 7
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