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Small red and white fuzzy bug - Icerya purchasi
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Small red and white fuzzy bug - Icerya purchasi
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
December 19, 2012
Size: 3/8" or one cm
I did not know what these are, I found them lined up in daylight on a warm day in December.

Cottony Cushion Scale
Contributed by Angelina32310 on 6 January, 2013 - 6:38pm
Last updated 3 February, 2013 - 8:31am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 February, 2013 - 8:31am

Scale insects
Probably something like these:



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