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Kermes Scale Moth

Euclemensia bassettella

Photo by Stephanie R.
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Field Notes

Description:

This moth is very small (no more than 5 mm in length). I found it on Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota). They live near oak trees that are infected with scale insects. The larva parasitize the scale insects.

Habitat:

open prairie

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PublishedAugust 27, 2014

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