Icerya purchasi

Cottony cushion scale at Capalaba, QLD

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Identification history

	Icerya purchasi	30 Apr 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Icerya purchasi	14 Feb 2024	TimL

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A follow up sighting to 4550943. The images show a Cottony cushion scale insect with its grooved egg sac. There are newly hatched nymphs on the egg sac which are shown in greater detail in following sighting 4552718.

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Location information

Coordinates 153.216730 -27.548068
Altitude 46.1m
Places Capalaba, QLD

Sighting information

1 Abundance
10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm 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
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