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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) » Soft Scale Insects (Coccidae) » Eulecanium » Kuno scale (Eulecanium kunoense)
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Kuno scale - Eulecanium kunoense - female
Copyright © 2005 Joyce Gross

Kuno scale - Eulecanium kunoense - Female
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
March 31, 2005
Size: 2-6mm
I found 15+ of these on my neighbor's small apple tree. Sizes ranged from about 2-6mm. All of them very round. They were being attended by ants (False Honey Ant - Prenolepis imparis) that were drinking droplets of a clear substance from their sides.

Here is a photo of the ants with these scales.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 30 April, 2005 - 10:43pm
Last updated 29 September, 2007 - 3:00am

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… Joyce Gross, 29 September, 2007 - 2:59am login or register to post comments

Scale?
My guess is that this is a mature female of a species of lecanium scale, a type of soft scale. There are a few different genera - Parthenolecanium, Neolecanium, Mesolecanium, and Eulecanium. If I find anything more, I'll let you know.
… Lisa M. Ames, 10 May, 2005 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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