Family Diaspididae (Armoured Scales)

Pseudaulacaspis sp. ?

Late September 2018

Ulverstone

Found on Waratah leaves

Images by Bronwyn Blades, used with permission.
 

#1. Mid April 2019
Westmorland Falls track (Mole Creek)
    

#2. Late September 2019
Hobart/nipaluna
On Yucca
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#3. Mid July 2011
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/nipaluna

#4. Diaspididae on Ghania grandis
Mid March 2021
“Inala”, Lunawanna, Bruny Island

#5. Late May 2021
Denison Beach

#6. Late May 2021
Douglas Apsley Gorge Track
 

#7.  Late May 2021
Douglas Apsley Gorge Track
On Exocarpos

#8. Mid September 2021
Tamar Island
On Acacia melanoxylon
Identification to family thanks to Lyn Cook
   

#9 Early October 2022
Bridport
On Ghania grandis

#10. Mid April 2023
Dodges Ferry

Henderson, R. C. 2011. Diaspididae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Fauna of New Zealand 66: 1-275.
Henderson, R. C. & Crosby, T. K. 2011. Waratah Scale (Pseudaulacaspis brimblecombei). Updated on 4/17/2014 2:30:51 AM. Available online: PaDIL – http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/pest/main/141292