Icerya purchasi

Cottony cushion scale at Capalaba, QLD

Icerya purchasi at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM
Icerya purchasi at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM
Icerya purchasi at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM
Icerya purchasi at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM
Icerya purchasi at Capalaba, QLD - 10 Feb 2024 11:39 AM
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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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