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Icerya purchasi
Also known as Australian Mealybug and Fluted scale. This is a picture of a young female. They seldom move although they have full functional legs. For the matured females, there is the white waxy secretions attached. The white material will be used as egg-sac. See here for the mature female: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Males are rare for this species. Females can self-fertilize in reproduction.
Spotted on Feb 16, 2013
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013
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Wow cool info