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Family Eriococcidae - Felt Scales

Acanthococcus · Cryptococcus · Eriococcus · Gossyparia · Ovaticoccus

Genus Acanthococcus
Eggs of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae Nymph of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae Male Prepupae and Male Pupae of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - male Male of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - male Azalea bark scale - Acanthococcus azaleae - Acanthococcus azaleae - female Azalea bark scale - Acanthococcus azaleae - Acanthococcus azaleae - female Azalea bark scale male - Acanthococcus azaleae - male

Genus Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus fagisuga Cryptococcus fagisuga Cryptococcus fagisuga with orange fungus? - Cryptococcus fagisuga Beech Bark Scale - Cryptococcus fagisuga - Cryptococcus fagisuga Beech Bark Scale - Cryptococcus fagisuga - Cryptococcus fagisuga Beech scale - Cryptococcus fagisuga Cryptococcus fagisuga Cryptococcus fagisuga

Genus Eriococcus

Genus Gossyparia
Are these scale insects? - Gossyparia spuria European elm scales - Gossyparia spuria - female Gossyparia spuria? 01 - Gossyparia spuria Gossyparia spuria 7.03.09 01 - Gossyparia spuria - female European Elm Scale - Gossyparia spuria Elm Scale - Gossyparia spuria European elm scales--females - Gossyparia spuria - female Elm scale and ''crawler'' - Gossyparia spuria - female

Genus Ovaticoccus
On Agave americana - Ovaticoccus agavium On Agave americana - Ovaticoccus agavium On Agave americana - Ovaticoccus agavium


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