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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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Cottony Cushion Scale? - Icerya purchasi
Copyright © 2006 Peter Hollinger

Cottony Cushion Scale? - Icerya purchasi
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 5mm (body, not cushion)
Photographed July 27, 2006 on a potted lemon tree. Icerya purchasi?
Wider view here.
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Contributed by Peter Hollinger on 27 July, 2006 - 5:54pm
Last updated 13 August, 2006 - 9:18pm

Moved to guide
- great shot!
I wonder about the fact that it was on an indoor plant - thus perhaps creating a misleading impression on the data map about the range of this species - should we move the date to the comments section? Anyone?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 13 August, 2006 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Removed date
Thanks, Hannah. I moved the date to the comment section.
… Peter Hollinger, 13 August, 2006 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

They think of everything...
Not just a subtropical tree, but subtropical pests- for the complete experience... :)
… Chuck Entz, 27 July, 2006 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

CCS - yes
it is. Nothing else like it in North America.
… Donald S. Chandler, 27 July, 2006 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

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