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Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine
Copyright © 2010 jessica33

Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine
Nyack, NY, Rockland County, New York, USA
November 12, 2010
Size: larva = < 1mm
From my keys, this looked sort of like a snow scale, but because kudzu is invasive its difficult to search by plant host.

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Contributed by jessica33 on 15 November, 2010 - 11:16am
Last updated 6 April, 2011 - 9:31am

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The scales on the bark are ar
The scales on the bark are armored scales, Diaspididae, mostly the male pupal scale covers in this photograph. I have a memory of once identifying Pseudaulacaspis pentagona from kudzu.
… Ian Stocks, 6 April, 2011 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
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Could this be Pseudaulacaspis pentagona?
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