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About 1cm high, looking like a periscope. Male's tubular galls are mostly found on leaves The shape of the gall is independent of the host-plant species and the host-plant organ on which the gall grows but determined by the species and sex of the scale insect.
Gum leaf
Once again didn't notice a female close by. Here is a previous spotting I found, although it didn't have the lovely red colour to it like this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012
3 Comments
Alo !
Cool spot Rachael :)
Wow. Awesome close-ups.