The hostplant is Taxus chinensis (Taxaceae)
On Prunus persica
NB this id is for the much smaller ones, the larger ones Ceroplastes in a separate observation
Appears to be a scale insect under each red spot
On Berberis nervosa
Observation for armored scale. The other thing I think is a parasitized soft scale full of wasp pupae? (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192601858). Ref# 05262022-04783
On under leaf of Macrozamia. All plants in more than 7 hectares effected.
Many affected plants all through square head. The plants some of most severely affected.
On Ashy Silktassel (Garrya flavescens
On Ashy Silktassel (Garrya flavescens)
Ex. Mangifera indica fruit. Ref# 09072023-09170. Slide-mounted to confirm ID.
Adult male. Associated female (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191718827) ID confirmed with slide mounts. Ex. Cocos nucifera. Mixed infestation with Aleurodicus rugioperculatus which is responsible for the wax rods in the photo.
Dieback of Macrozamia possibly from scale infestation over at least 5ha
Escudo de Diaspidae sobre hojas de Dasylirion longissimum.
Abgrallaspis ithacae or Dynaspidiotus tsugae; favouring the latter.
On a protea leaf. Look like snails?
I saw similar insects on protea caffras on the Linksfield ridge
I think the host is Amelanchier sp.
Parasitoid Wasp cocoon or eggs?
There are some white and orangish stuff, larvae?
Appreciate advice, thanks.
Thanks Sloan Tomlinson
No, they're some sorts of members of Coccoidea (scales and mealybugs) some of whom make cocoon-like structures around themselves as they feed. The photo labeled "adult wasp" doesn't really look like a wasp but some sort of fly, likely there to lick up honeydew
Update:
Thanks bnormark via Inaturalist
Family: Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Subfamily: Diaspidinae
Tribe: Diaspidini
Subtribe: Fioriniina
Genus: Rutherfordia
"This must be what Takagi is talking about in his recent article.
"In the forms referred to Rutherfordia, it is observable usually, and especially when
dry material is available in good condition, that male tests crowd together around female tests, forming a thick mass of wax. Whenever male tests occur separately from each other, it is clearly visible that they stand on the cephalic end, keeping themselves erect or suberect (somewhat oblique with the ventral side faced below) against the surface of the plant body on which they occur."
From:
Takagi, S. (2021). Further forms of Rutherfordia, with particular reference to the second-instar males (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series : Journal of the Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, Series Entomology., 77, 17–65. https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/82943"
Apr 2023 | Singapore
Scale insects?
Found on plant near Stenochlaena palustris (an edible fern)
Thanks bnormark
Aspidiotini
It looks like the 1st instars have wax filaments as adaptations for wind dispersal.
Aonidiella lauretorum found on leaves of a Lauraceae tree
Unaspis euonymi adult males emerging from males larval scales found on Euvonymus sp. in a garden centre
Naninne, Oh Green ! garden centre
50.42416 , 4.92861
10.IX.2022
Col. G. San Martin
Unaspis euonymi found on Euvonymus sp. in a garden centre
Naninne, Oh Green ! garden centre
50.42416 , 4.92861
10.IX.2022
Col. G. San Martin
Leucaspis cfr pusilla found on Pinus sp.needles
France, Lamotte-Beuvron
47.600731845 , 2.01143757433
27.IX.2022
leg. G.San Martin
Pictures 3-5 show an adult female (the only non parasited one I was able to find).
Pictures 6-7 show a second instar nymph (much more abundant)
Lepidosaphes Newsteadi on a Pinus sylvestris needle
Carulaspis juniperi on Cupresaceae
Leucaspis pusilla on Pinus pinea
Braine-le-Comte
24.VI.2023
leg. A.Kuhn
Gomezmenoraspis pinicola on Pinus pinea (on the trunk)
Leucaspis pini on Pinus nigra
Tentative ID.