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Identification history
| Ceroplastes rubens | 2 Dec 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Dec 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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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'?
6 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
2 Dec 2023
Hi Kylie, I've not seen these before either, but I suspect some sort of gall.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
2 Dec 2023
wow. thanks Alison. I tried the internet and got nothing! :) They were really mauvy purple in colour.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
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.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
2 Dec 2023
No! I didn't know that! I will test that out. Saves having to type in the correct keywords. TYVM
Sighting information
- 500 Abundance
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- gum tree Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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