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Sedge scale
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Sedge scale
Bare Mountain, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
April 25, 2012
On a woodland sedge (Carex cf. laxiflora). Possibly related to this one?
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 December, 2012 - 7:47pm
Last updated 30 May, 2013 - 11:55am

Moved
Moved from Scales and Mealybugs.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 May, 2013 - 11:55am

Possibly. The lower image is
Possibly. The lower image is of a male pupa. The main image is possibly an earlier stage. Definitely Coccidae.
… Ian Stocks, 30 May, 2013 - 10:36am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
But all Charley Eiseman can do with this is "some kind of scale"... although it's probably Coccidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 January, 2013 - 9:49am

To whom is this question addressed?
Charley Eiseman answers these kind of questions :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 24 December, 2012 - 11:35pm

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