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 Pretty scale insect; what family, please?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 03-04-2019 17:21
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
A pretty scale insect I photographed in southern Guyana, tended by ants. What family, please?
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| Dukegraffio |
Posted on 05-04-2019 10:39
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Member Location: Cesena Italy Posts: 47 Joined: 26.10.16 |
Dukegraffio wrote: It should be the Coccidae family, Homoptera Sternorrhyncha section, the simultaneous presence of ants leaves no doubt, as they feed on the honeydew that produces the scale insects. |
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