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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) » Giant Scale Insects (Monophlebidae) » Icerya » Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi)
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Scale on eucalyptus - Icerya purchasi
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Scale on eucalyptus - Icerya purchasi
Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
November 23, 2009
Size: ~4mm
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 23 December, 2009 - 12:50pm
Last updated 27 December, 2009 - 12:12am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I assume, given Charley's comment, that it is acceptable to have moved this post to the species page. If, however, there is some doubt that this ID is correct, please suggest a more appropriate placement within the guide. Thanks!
… Harsi S. Parker, 27 December, 2009 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

I'm wondering...
If this isn't Cottony Cushion Scale or something similar. Its known to feed on Eucalyptus but this doesn't quite look like the CCS I've seen.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/333682

It does look similar to image 9 in this publication:
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8051.pdf
… Natalie Hernandez, 26 December, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks good to me
I hadn't seen that life stage before, but it looks very much like the picture you referenced. I'm pretty sure there are no closely related species in California (there is one that's somewhat similar in Florida), so I think it's safe to call this Cottony Cushion Scale.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 December, 2009 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

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