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4 1 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by Johan HeynsLesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Blue bush (Diospyros lycioides) infested with

1 2 Pink Wax Scale

Pink Wax Scale

by pamsai3002, Victoria, Australia

0 3 White Wax Scales

White Wax Scales

by Marius SteylPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Tree

3 3 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by Jason AlexanderJawa Barat, Indonesia

On Magnolia tree..

3 3 Fig Wax Scale

Fig Wax Scale

by PurpleScarfKandy CP, Sri Lanka

1 0 Wax Scales

Wax Scales

by Nacho GarciaTampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico

1 0 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by FlorianMeierจังหวัดชลบุรี, Thailand

1-2 mm large

9 5 Pink Wax Scale

Pink Wax Scale

by ChristianeQLD, Australia

This scale is deeply encased in ...

0 0 White wax scale

White wax scale

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A white waxy cover on a small sap sucking bug. This plant parasite is ...

0 0 White / Soft Wax Scale

White / Soft Wax Scale

by ChicquitaRajawali2105, New South Wales, Australia

5mm on Sasanqua Camellia plant

0 0 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by MachiFlorida, USA

Mimosa tree. Suburban yard next to mixed forest

1 0 Wax scale

Wax scale

by TamaraMirandaMG, Brazil

Scale insects (Ceroplastes sp.) and ants ...

3 0 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by MachiBrandon, Florida, USA

A single, small scale.

1 2 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Small, off-white insect that looks like a molar with fillings :)

0 0 Carnivorous Concealer Moth

Carnivorous Concealer Moth

by StephenSolomonsNew South Wales, Australia

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/oeco/melanoc.html

2 0 Scale Insect

Scale Insect

by JordiPratsNew York, New York, United States

About 4 mm in large max. some sort of white

9 5 Oak Wax Scale

Oak Wax Scale

by CindyBinghamKeiserCalifornia, USA

Yellow Ornate Pit Scales about 6 mm across ...

0 0 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by Johan HeynsLesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Indigenous Blue bush (Diospyros lycioides) infested with

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by MachiFlorida, USA

I know this is a wax

1 4 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by pamsaiCentral 2, Uganda

I'm not sure what this is, and as it was out of reach, I wasn't able to touch ...

1 1 Cottony Scale

Cottony Scale

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

These odd looking things are actually a type of insect. They have a

0 0 Wax Scale

Wax Scale

by MachiFlorida, USA

Small scale insect that appears to be dead. ...

4 3 Scale insect and ant

Scale insect and ant

by asergioCuritiba, PR, Brazil

(about 5 mm), to creatures covered with mealy

5 8 Whitefly Pupae

Whitefly Pupae

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

, oval, bumpy aphid or scale has white, ...

1 0 Wax Scale Insect

Wax Scale Insect

by MachiFlorida, USA

I believe it was dead, as it looked a bit dried up compared to live ones I have ...

3 4 Wax Scale Insect

Wax Scale Insect

by SukanyaDattaKolkata, West Bengal, India

Looks like a teeny tiny poached egg or an ornate bindi.

0 1 Scale Insect

Scale Insect

by MachiFlorida, USA

believe females), and the white part is the protective covering made of

3 5 Male puparium of scale insect in ice plant

Male puparium of scale insect in ice plant

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

formed females turning reddish brown in older females; without obvious

0 0 Cottony cushion scale

Cottony cushion scale

by IriniKourzakiΔήμος Τριφυλίας, Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, Greece

Covered with fluffy-looking white or yellow

6 16 Ladybug Larvae

Ladybug Larvae

by Adarsha B SBengaluru, Karnataka, India

predators which hunt aphids, scale insects ...

8 10 Clam Lerp Insect (lerp #24)

Clam Lerp Insect (lerp #24)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This red nymph scale insect was hiding ...

0 0 Dustywing

Dustywing

by CindyBinghamKeiserSan Diego, California, USA

Powdery white bug with angled wings. This is in the Neuroptera family with ...

1 0 Eastern red cedar

Eastern red cedar

by KarenLNashville-Davidson, Tennessee, USA

fleshy scales, dark purple-blue with a ...

6 0 Giant ladybird larva

Giant ladybird larva

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

forever. Found on the large trunk of a broad leafed acacia where I also found ...

3 1 Easrtern Red Cedar

Easrtern Red Cedar

by RichardD.MahoneyJr.Georgia, USA

, berry-like with fleshy scales, dark ...

0 14 Mealy bugs

Mealy bugs

by SatyenMehtaUnion Territory of Dādra and Nagar Haveli, India

. They attach themselves to the plant and secrete a powdery

0 7 Striped Mealybug

Striped Mealybug

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraSanta Rosa, Laguna, Philippines

stripes, long glassy wax threads and two ...

0 0 Striped Mealybug

Striped Mealybug

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraSanta Rosa, Laguna, Philippines

Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, Heymons, 1915, unarmored ...

0 0 Bismark Palm

Bismark Palm

by NickKingจังหวัดพังงา, Thailand

where the blade and petiole meet. Petioles are 2–3 m, slightly armed, and are ...

22 19 Fulgorid Planthopper

Fulgorid Planthopper

by yahk66Punchana, Loreto, Peru

Gorgeous spotted black-and-white fulgurid with red eyes, and a white ...

0 0 Chinese Tallow Tree

Chinese Tallow Tree

by joanbstanleyTexas, USA

-green. Three lobed capsules appear from August to January and release 3 ...

0 1 Mealybug Destroyer

Mealybug Destroyer

by joanbstanleyHighland Village, Texas, USA

Several mealybug destroyers were working their way through the aphids. There ...

1 0 Mealybug Destroyer

Mealybug Destroyer

by joanbstanleyTucson, Arizona, USA

and more active. The wax can be scraped ...

0 0 Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

by Brian38Washington, USA

Non breeding plumage. Probably the Myrtle warbler due to the white chin.

5 0 ivory waxy cap

ivory waxy cap

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

, becoming hollow at maturity; surface finely

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