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Genus Spondyliaspis
Shell Lerp Insect
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Brown Clam Lerp Insect
Genus Acizzia
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Margarodidae
 
 
 
 

                                               

White Wax Scale - Ceroplastes destructor

Family Coccidae

This page contains pictures and information about White Wax Scales that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They are also known as Soft Wax Scale.
 
Diameter 6mm 
 
White Wax Scale looks very similar to the Pink Wax Scale except it is white in colour. Its scale is a little larger and much softer when touch.
 
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Reference: 
1. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p174. 
1. Ceroplastes - Invasive.org, May 2010. 
 

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Last updated: October 15, 2010.