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Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - female

Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - Female
Hondo, Medina County, Texas, USA
January 9, 2007
Size: about 3 mm long
view from underside of twigh

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Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - female Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - female Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes cirripediformis - female

Moved
Moved from Soft Scale Insects.

Ceroplastes cirripediformis
I found two of these on pomegranate twigs. This one is about 3mm in length the other about 2mm. The smaller one was on a twig about one quarter away around the 8 foot high bush.

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