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Scale Insect - Saissetia - female
Copyright © 2012 StayAtHomeSci

Scale Insect - Saissetia - Female
Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
September 29, 2012
Size: 1mm
Young female scale insect, found on Asplenium sp. fern (in green house). Armoured brown females also present. Mature and immature females both fimbriate. I think Coccus hesperidium, but I'm unsure.
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Contributed by StayAtHomeSci on 29 September, 2012 - 12:53pm
Last updated 6 October, 2012 - 11:26am

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 6 October, 2012 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Piece of cake. If you want to
Piece of cake. If you want to send it down, my email is ian.stocks@freshfromflorida.com, and I'll send instrutcions.
… Ian Stocks, 1 October, 2012 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

This may be a small Saissetia
This may be a small Saissetia, another genus of soft scales. S. coffeae is known from Asplenium. You can send me sa mple to identify if you'd like.
… Ian Stocks, 1 October, 2012 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
Hmm, does look a great deal l
Hmm, does look a great deal like S. coffeae too. I'm actually not sure how one would go about shipping scale insects (across the border).
… StayAtHomeSci, 1 October, 2012 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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