A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Cryptes baccatus
A large community of scale on a small sapling which I didn't think was acacia. So yet to determine plant species. Some smallish all black ants were in attendance nearby but not nearly enough for an infestation of this size - the whole plant was covered.
In a local nature reserve adjoining a national park.
They remind me of Lilypilly.
order: HEMIPTERA
suborder: STERNORRHYNCHA
superfamily: COCCOIDEA
family: COCCIDAE
In Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cryptes+ba...
Spotted on Apr 4, 2014
Submitted on Apr 8, 2014
No Comments