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Calico Scale (Eulecanium cerasorum) &quot;Past season&quot; dead females on a Liriodendron tulipifera sapling at a mixed forest edge.<br />
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Calico Scale (Eulecanium cerasorum)

"Past season" dead females on a Liriodendron tulipifera sapling at a mixed forest edge.

Calico Scale (Eulecanium cerasorum) "Past season" dead females on a Liriodendron tulipifera sapling at a mixed forest edge.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/109485/calico_scale_eulecanium_cerasorum.html Eulecanium cerasorum,Geotagged,United States,Winter

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  1. Such a cool find!!! Posted 4 years ago

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''Eulecanium cerasorum'', the calico scale, is a species of scale insect. It can be identified by its white and brown color on its outer circular shell which will continuously darken over age. It is approximately one quarter of an inch in diameter.

Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Feb 22, 2021. Captured Feb 21, 2021 14:37 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/22.0
  • 1/181s
  • ISO2500
  • 100mm