Cottony cushion scale at Capalaba, QLD
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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Collections
TimL NatureMapr Icerya purchasi 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
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes