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Striped Pine Scale

Toumeyella pini

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, hemispherical insects that really don't resemble insects at all. Waxy coating of insect is hard, shiny brown with pale stripes.

Habitat:

These were infesting an ornamental pine in a residential urban neighborhood.

Notes:

Conifers that are planted in less-than-optimal situations are often more vulnerable to scale insects than their wild counterparts.

Reference Links:

Species Toumeyella pini - Striped Pine Scale - BugGuide.Net

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RiekoS
Do you think my spotting is the same thing? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14087228 Do you think my spotting is the same thing? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14087228

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Colorado Springs Critters
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Front Range Life of Colorado
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Urban Biodiversity of Colorado
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Colorado Bug Club

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PublishedJanuary 26, 2013

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