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European elm scales--females - Gossyparia spuria - female
Copyright © 2015 Harlan Ratcliff

European elm scales--females - Gossyparia spuria - Female
rural, dallas County, Iowa, USA
June 4, 2015
Size: 2.75 mm
These are present on a couple of small American elm trees. I noticed them because of heavy activity of ants and flies. Scale insects follow the small trunks of these trees for about eight or ten feet.
Contributed by Harlan Ratcliff on 4 June, 2015 - 9:51pm

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