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Family
Coccidae
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This page contains pictures and information about Wattle Tick Scale that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Diameter 5-10mm
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- This Scale Insects form large ball shaped 'scale'. The first picture shows some
ants are attending them for their honey drew. They are found on different
species of Acacia
trees.
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- Robert Whyte sent us email advise that this brown scale on the acacia might
be Cryptes baccatus. We checked and agree with him. Check this page
for more information. Here we would like to thank Robert again.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p174.
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