Cottony cushion scale at Capalaba, QLD
Identification history
| Icerya purchasi | 30 Apr 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Icerya purchasi | 6 Feb 2024 | TimL |
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Additional information for previous sighting 4550943. I believe these are four newly hatched scale insect nymphs on the surface of the adult scale insect's white grooved egg sac. There was another nymph on the adjacent twig.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.216700-27.548170
- Altitude 35.4m
- Places Capalaba, QLD
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2024 11:20 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Icerya purchasi Scientific name
- Cottony cushion scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 778m Recorded at altitude
- 72 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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