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Fibrous lerp insect (lerp#9)

Glycaspis sp.

Photo by MartinL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A yellow scale often in overlapping clusters with fuzzy hairy processes. Small pale yellow insect lacking wings, .

Notes:

There are two spottings here with the first having deeper and thicker cups.

This scale looks a bit similar to scale #1 with similar color and lattice structure. Scale #1 has some 'fur' and is solitary in this spotting.

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Comments (2)

Thanks argybee. I will move them on the feature pic.

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