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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) » Giant Scale Insects (Monophlebidae) » Icerya » Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi)
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Scale, Caterpillar or Other? - Icerya purchasi
Copyright © 2015 wilsonrio

Scale, Caterpillar or Other? - Icerya purchasi
San Jose, California, USA
March 6, 2015
Hello, I noticed this small insect on a Red Emperor Japanese maple bark. I am not sure if it is a scale or moth caterpillar or other? Thank you, Wilson
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Contributed by wilsonrio on 6 March, 2015 - 8:57pm
Last updated 5 May, 2015 - 10:28am

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… Kyhl Austin, 5 May, 2015 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Door #1
Scale is correct; specifically, this is the Cottony Cushion Scale. Compare:

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Thank you for letting me know
Thank you for letting me know. Wilson
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