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Giant Scale Insect

Monophlebulus sp.

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MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago
Giant Scale Insect
Monophlebulus sp. Giant Scale Insect from Australia - What's That Bug?


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8 Comments

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

thank you so much for the ID: martinl

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

This is the largest scale insect and they have been introduced to many places around the world now.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/172...
http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_1057.p...

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

Leonardo Castro and Sckel - i don't know what this insect is. i need help :)

ceejayalyssa
ceejayalyssa 10 years ago

thank you dandoucette :)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

I think this is some sort of insect, this should probably go into the Arthropods category.

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Seems a Isopod contaminated with fungus Cordyceps or another. I think...

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Quite interesting!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Hi, ceejayalyssa, what is this thing stuck in the stem?

ceejayalyssa
Spotted by
ceejayalyssa

Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 4, 2013
Submitted on Sep 4, 2013

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