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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) » Coccus
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ant checking it out - Coccus
Copyright © 2005 Bill DuPree

ant checking it out - Coccus
Atlnta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
August 22, 2005
While I was photographing the plant, ants were investigating this thing constantly. They didn't seem to be repeled by it, but were unable to penetate what looks like a hard covering.

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what is it? - Coccus ant checking it out - Coccus
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 23 August, 2005 - 6:36pm
Last updated 18 November, 2010 - 4:24pm

The ant
Tapinoma sessile
… James C. Trager, 10 November, 2014 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hemispherical Scale.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 November, 2010 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scales and Mealybugs.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 November, 2008 - 3:39am login or register to post comments

Scale insect, I think.
Looked like it was stuck to the leaf, right? These are hard to ID so I can't take it any further than that - you could try searching this website US National Collection of Scale Insect Photographs. Looks like it's on Clematis so that should narrow it down.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 23 August, 2005 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Scale insect
Thanks so much for your help. Not only did it look like it was stuck, it hasn't moved for several days. I did a search for clematis host on the US National Collection of Scale Insect Photographs web site but it turned up nothing. I'll go through them tomorrow.
… Bill DuPree, 23 August, 2005 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving to scale insect section,
pending further classification. It's a lovely shot.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 October, 2005 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

 
scale insect
Thanks a lot, Hannah.
… Bill DuPree, 17 October, 2005 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

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