Eriococcidae sp. (family)
Unidentified felted scale at Castle Creek, VIC
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| Eriococcidae sp. (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 1 May 2025 | ||
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 8 Aug 2021 |
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Hard to get a photo. Poor light kept blowing the white on these two out. Some kind of scale? The bush was unhealthy and dying back everywhere, but there was only these two white things.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.874321-36.168630
- Places Castle Creek, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 7 Aug 2021 12:22 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- wattle acacia Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Eriococcidae sp. (family) Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
Species information
- Eriococcidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified felted scale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 652.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location