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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Soft Scale Insects (Coccidae)
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Soft Scale
Copyright © 2007 Kevin Hall

Soft Scale
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
November 10, 2007
I know it's not an insect. It's not a slug (I'm pretty sure), but what is it? Any ideas?
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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 9 December, 2007 - 11:32am
Last updated 18 November, 2008 - 3:56am

Moved
Moved from Scales and Mealybugs.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 November, 2008 - 3:56am login or register to post comments

Scales (Coccoidea)?
How about Scales (Coccoidea)
… John R. Maxwell, 9 December, 2007 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
I love this place
Thanks, John!! I knew this was the right place to ask even though this wasn't an insect (well, actually, it turns out I'm even more ignorant than I thought and it IS an insect!)

Are scales specific to the species of plants they parasitize? If I'd peeled it off the stem, would I have seen the insect(s) underneath?
… Kevin Hall, 9 December, 2007 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Whitefly or psyllid nymph?
Just to caution that there are some psyllid and whitefly nymphs (and pseudopupae) that strongly resemble scale insects.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 December, 2007 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Information page
I just added a few links to the Scale insects information pages. You should be able to find out a little more there.
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 December, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert
I know very little, I went to Wikipedia to read about them after I posted. Maybe someone else will comment?
… John R. Maxwell, 9 December, 2007 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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