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what's this thing on my blueberry stem? - Ceroplastes
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what's this thing on my blueberry stem? - Ceroplastes
Laguna Niguel, Orange County, California, USA
November 20, 2013
Size: 1/4 inch
Kind of cone or shell shaped. I think those are holes on the side and on top
There have been 10 or so on one of my blueberry plants. The blueberry plant right next to it has none.
Squished one and it seems there might have been a pupa in it but is empty now. Or???
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Contributed by boobooguide@gmail.com on 21 November, 2013 - 11:44pm
Last updated 1 January, 2014 - 8:32am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls.
Wax scale (Ceroplastes), not a gall.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 January, 2014 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

 
Cool
Never seen a wax scale before. Glad you recognized it.
… Natalie Hernandez, 1 January, 2014 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 28 November, 2013 - 7:58am login or register to post comments

Might be a pteromalid
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/crops/blueberries/pests/BlueberryStemGall.htm
… Natalie Hernandez, 23 November, 2013 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

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