Giant Snowball Mealybug at Wellington Point, QLD
Identification history
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 30 Apr 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | 21 Sep 2023 | TimL |
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Additional close-up detail to sightings 4510873 and 4510874 taken at 3X and 4X. The first image shows a small black-coloured eye between the front leg and antenna. The second image shows the piercing mouthparts protruding from the underside. Image three shows part of the top surface, with waxy secretions forming. The fourth image shows some detail of fine waxy filaments growing from the upper body surface. The final image shows some detail of the insect's top rear surface.
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Location information
- Places Wellington Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Injured / sick Animal health
Species information
- Monophlebulus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Giant Snowball Mealybug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1578.06m Recorded at altitude
- 198 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
