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White Partridge Pea bug
Copyright © 2007 Scott Carle

White Partridge Pea bug
Hypoluxo, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 4, 2007
Size: about 3/4" long
Icerya genistae - A type of giant scale insect, relatively new to North America and brand new to Palm Beach County.

Reference website: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/i.genistae.html
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Contributed by Scrub Steward on 9 August, 2007 - 2:38pm
Last updated 12 September, 2007 - 1:24am

We don't know the scales
but this seems to be one of them. See here
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2007 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the tip! It led me
Thanks for the tip! It led me to other websites, and I think maybe it's the new arrival described here: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/i.genistae.html
… Scrub Steward, 10 August, 2007 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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