Sagebrush Mealybug, Amonostherium lichtensioides, on California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) - Amonostherium lichtensioides

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Copyright © 2010 Peter Bryant

Sagebrush Mealybug, Amonostherium lichtensioides, on California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) - Amonostherium lichtensioides

Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, California, USA
September 17, 2010
Size: 3mm bl

Identified by Nick Nisson, Orange County Entomologist. Several possible parasitoids and predators emerged in containers containing these mealybugs:

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Round cocoons containing females, eggs and sometimes first instars. Very uniform in size

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Sagebrush Mealybug, Amonostherium lichtensioides, on California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) - Amonostherium lichtensioides

Sagebrush Mealybug, Amonostherium lichtensioides, on California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica) - Amonostherium lichtensioides - female

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 19 September, 2010 - 8:53am
Last updated 6 November, 2010 - 9:38am

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… John F. Carr, 16 October, 2010 - 6:42pm

Aha!

Thank you so much for posting these images, Peter! I was at San Joaquin WS earlier this month and observed several of the A. californica plants hosting spittlebug nymphs. After awhile, I noticed that some of the frothy white masses looked different -- dry or shriveled and very chalky. As I was with my husband and we were ostensibly there to look at birds, I didn't take the time to investigate thoroughly or take any photos. Looking at your photos though, I am fairly confident that I must have been seeing these scale insects. It feels good to have solved the mystery, but I really wish now that I had stopped to take a few images for my records. :-(

… Harsi S. Parker, 27 September, 2010 - 11:46am

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