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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) » Wax Scales (Ceroplastes) » Barnacle Scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis)
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Barnacle Scale - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - female
Copyright © 2010 Livan

Barnacle Scale - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - Female
A. D. Barnes Park, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
March 30, 2010
Size: about 5 mm diameter
By far the strangest thing I've encounter so far in the insect world. I saw this one Saturday at the park while bug "hunting" and thought it was a peculiarly symmetrical plant growth so did not take a picture of it. Later, while searching for a Mealybug ID on here I saw it in a pic and couldn't believe it was an actual bug. The following Saturday I rushed back to the park, found it again, and photographed it.
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Contributed by Livan on 31 March, 2010 - 7:48pm
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 2:47pm

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