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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) » Cottony Scales (Pulvinaria) » Cottony Grape Scale (Pulvinaria vitis)
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Grape vine scale - Pulvinaria vitis - female
Copyright © 2008 Jonas Insinga

Grape vine scale - Pulvinaria vitis - Female
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: 5 mm (sans cotton)
Found on a wild grape vine, tended by an ant.
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 23 December, 2008 - 8:03pm
Last updated 23 December, 2008 - 10:47pm

Pulvinaria vitis (cottony grape scale)
The cottony egg sac made me think Pulvinaria, and thanks to the host plant I quickly found P. vitis--there are images on this page that look enough like yours to convince me.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 December, 2008 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks right to me!
Thanks for the help. :)

I remembered seeing a photograph of this or a relative in one of my field guides, but I don't have the book with me at the moment (it's back at college) so I can't go back & say what it was.
First time I've seen this scale, though I've certainly seen others... I'll try & post their pictures soon. :)
… Jonas Insinga, 24 December, 2008 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

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