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Scale insect (Lerp#4)

Glycaspis sp.

Description:

Yellow textured scale hiding a tiny transparent lerp.

Habitat:

On an old leaf of an ageing, heavily infested eucalyptus tree.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Annelise
Annelise 2 years ago
Golden Eucalyptus Lerp
Creiis longipennis Creiis longipennis | Atlas of Living Australia


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2 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

how do they produce the yellow colour ? - interesting..

AnnalisaD
AnnalisaD 12 years ago

This is very interesting....never seen anything like it! Great capture :)

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 2, 2012
Submitted on Feb 2, 2012

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