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Scale on Southern Florida Slash Pine
Copyright © 2024 Susan Leach Snyder

Scale on Southern Florida Slash Pine
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
November 18, 2023
Size: 2 mm
This scale was extracted from pine needle litter beneath a Pinus elliottii densa tree. It was identified by Kyle J Buss, Insect Identification Lab, Entomology & Nematology Dept., University of Florida.

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Scale on Southern Florida Slash Pine Chionaspis heterophyllae
Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 2 January, 2024 - 1:13pm
Last updated 7 January, 2024 - 7:54am

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