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Wax Scale

Ceroplastes sp.

Photo by Johan Heyns
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Description:

Indigenous Blue bush (Diospyros lycioides) infested with wax scale in the garden. The little red ones are the new nymphs developing and the minders are walking around as well. The round spheres in the first photo is ±4 mm in diameter.

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