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bizarre thing - Icerya purchasi
Copyright © 2009 Chris Mallory

bizarre thing - Icerya purchasi
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
January 28, 2009
Size: ranged from 5-10mm
This tree was covered in literally thousands of this bizarre pupa-like creature. None of them displayed any kind of movement, so I'm assuming these are pupas, perhaps of some sort of beetle. There were no adults to be found, with exception of 2 different species of lady beetle, but that doesn't really give enough information to draw a conclusion from. Does anybody know what these things are?
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 28 January, 2009 - 7:08pm
Last updated 3 March, 2009 - 6:29pm

Moved
Moved from Scales and Mealybugs.
… Martin Hauser, 3 March, 2009 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

Coming back to this image...
Could this be the Cottony Cushion Scale? They appear to be similar, not to mention that the ladybirds I found on this tree I have since discovered to be R. cardinalis, a predator of the Cottony Cushion Scale.
… Chris Mallory, 3 March, 2009 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes it is Dr Gillian Watson j
Yes it is Dr Gillian Watson just confirmed this ID...
… Martin Hauser, 3 March, 2009 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

These are scale insects... th
These are scale insects... they are adult females...
… Martin Hauser, 28 January, 2009 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
ah, scales! This was my firs
ah, scales! This was my first real exposure to scale insects so the thought never crossed my mind that that is what they could be, but it all makes sense now. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
… Chris Mallory, 28 January, 2009 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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