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Oystershell Scales - Lepidosaphes ulmi
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Oystershell Scales - Lepidosaphes ulmi
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2011
I often see these things covering the side of poplar trees, and was wondering if they're scale insects.
Contributed by tom murray on 2 June, 2011 - 8:54pm

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Thanks Ken. The host tree is right and they look like the other picture.
… tom murray, 2 June, 2011 - 9:04pm

Oystershell scale, maybe?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 June, 2011 - 8:56pm

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