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Felt Scale (Ovaticoccus agavium)
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Copyright © 2009
margarethe brummermann
On Agave americana -
Ovaticoccus agavium
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
February 17, 2009
The left one is slightly segmented
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 17 February, 2009 - 5:23pm
Moved
Moved from
Ovaticoccus
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Tim Loh
, 17 February, 2009 - 6:09pm
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Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas,
The smaller insects are Eriococcidae, Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888). I'm not sure what the non-segmented fluid-filled bags, without legs and mouthparts are.
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Dennis Haines
, 17 February, 2009 - 6:04pm
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Those 'bags'
must be part of the scale insects cycle of development - there were all kinds of in between stages.
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margarethe brummermann
, 17 February, 2009 - 6:31pm
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Its typical for this species
Its typical for this species to have multiple life-stages present at one time. Still I would have expected mature, pre-ovipositional females to have legs. They must be tiny. The shape of the larger individuals may have distorted due to their tight quarters.
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Dennis Haines
, 17 February, 2009 - 6:37pm
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