My Euonymus bushes get covered with these every summer. - Unaspis euonymi

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Copyright © 2009 Domingo Zungri

My Euonymus bushes get covered with these every summer. - Unaspis euonymi -

Roseville, Placer County, California, USA
July 5, 2009
Size: 1-2 mm

The big brown thing is a female scale, the narrow white thing is a male scale, and the tiny orange thing is a "crawler" (nymph).

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Contributed by Domingo Zungri on 5 July, 2009 - 5:34pm

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