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| Ceroplastes rubens | AlisonMilton | 2 Dec 2023 | ||
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 2 Dec 2023 |
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there were 250 on one leaf on one gum tree sapling, and then about 100m away, another leaf on a different gum also had around 250 on it. Never seen these before. Look like flowers. or fungi. But are they some kind of insect 'egg'?
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2 Dec 2023
Hi Kylie, I've not seen these before either, but I suspect some sort of gall.
2 Dec 2023
wow. thanks Alison. I tried the internet and got nothing! :) They were really mauvy purple in colour.
2 Dec 2023
Did you know you can drag an image onto Google to do an image search? On a new page, select Image from the top right-hand corner next to the maps icon.
2 Dec 2023
No! I didn't know that! I will test that out. Saves having to type in the correct keywords. TYVM
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- 500 Abundance
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- gum tree Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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