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Cottony Cushion Scale (Adult / Nympth) - Icerya purchasi
Copyright © 2006 bnuts40

Cottony Cushion Scale (Adult / Nympth) - Icerya purchasi
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Size: nympth approx 1/2 mm long
I kept a few of these Cottony Cushion Scales in a jar.
These nympths emerged within a few days.
The egg sack just ruptures.
The second image the nympths are emerging from the egg sack.
As far as I can tell the sack is much like a spider sack with no internal organs of the adult inside.
Adult with egg sack 7-8-mm long >>
Nympths emerging >>
Contributed by bnuts40 on 17 September, 2006 - 12:42pm

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