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Scale insect (lerp#12)
Glycaspis sp.
-37.7287, 145.379
Field Notes
Description:
Yellow sugary lerp insects attract ants to their honeydew. An overturned cluster (pic #2 and 3) reveals two of the builders as nymphs. As winged adults they leave home. Note also the usual cluster of tiny eggs.
Notes:
The two tenants within the overturned lerps appear to actually be the exuvia of the adult insects. I will need to look under a microscope.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 7, 2012
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