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Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi)
Photo#66981
Copyright © 2006
Peter Hollinger
Cottony Cushion Scale? -
Icerya purchasi
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 5mm (body, not cushion)
Photographed July 27, 2006 on a potted lemon tree.
Icerya purchasi?
Wider view here.
Contributed by
Peter Hollinger
on 27 July, 2006 - 5:54pm
Last updated 13 August, 2006 - 9:18pm
Moved to guide
- great shot!
I wonder about the fact that it was on an indoor plant - thus perhaps creating a misleading impression on the data map about the range of this species - should we move the date to the comments section? Anyone?
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 13 August, 2006 - 8:56pm
Removed date
Thanks, Hannah. I moved the date to the comment section.
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Peter Hollinger
, 13 August, 2006 - 9:20pm
They think of everything...
Not just a subtropical tree, but subtropical pests- for the complete experience... :)
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Chuck Entz
, 27 July, 2006 - 7:43pm
CCS - yes
it is. Nothing else like it in North America.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 27 July, 2006 - 6:45pm