Pseudococcus longispinus (Long-tailed mealybug)
Pending ID – Pseudococcidae
#1.
Early May 2012
Hobart/ nipaluna
These killed the plant they were feeding on.
Late August 2012
Geeveston
Images by Wendy Leeper, used with permission.
These root-sucking mealybugs were discovered while repotting an Orthrosanthus.
Early February 2013
Central Highlands
Found on the roots of Ragwort (Senecia jacobaea).
Images by Viv Muller (via Threatened Plants Tasmania), used with permission.
Waverley Park, Howrah
This individual was walking across a tree trunk.
#5. Mid August 2013
Waverley Park, Howrah
#6. Early November 2017
Kingston Beach
Under Eucalypt bark
#7. Mid February 2014
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
#8. Mid March 2016
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
#9. Mid March 2016
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
#10. Mid March 2016
Denison Beach
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
#10.1 Late September 2018
Denison Beach
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
#10.2 Early January 2020
Arthur River
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
#10.3 Mid January 2020
Arthur River
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
#10.4 Late November 2022
Verona Sands
10.5 Mid February 2023
Narawntapu National Park
Being tended by Anonychomyrma ant.
#11. Late March 2016
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
#12. Scale, possibly Pseudococcidae?? on cushion plants
Mid April 2017
Ben Lomond National Park, Little Hell Circuit
#13. Late April 2018
Cosy Corner South camp ground, Bay of Fires/larapuna
on Coastal Wattle (or Boobyalla) Acacia longifolia subsp sophorae
