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 to previous sighting 4552717. The images show close up detail of newly hatched and emerging Cottony cushion scale nymphs on the white grooved egg sac of an adult. In the final image one of the nymphs already has a yellowish scale partially formed on its top surface.

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Location information

Coordinates 153.216748 -27.548110
Altitude 47.0m
Places Capalaba, QLD

Sighting information

16 Abundance
10 Feb 2024 11:38 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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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
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More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
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