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Ceroplastes cirripediformis
on plants, gardens, shrubs.
This has to be by far the most bizarre insect I've seen. For starters there is nothing recognisably insect about it, looking more like a fungus or something. This is a female. You can read more here: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg1...
Spotted on Mar 30, 2010
Submitted on Jan 16, 2012
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