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Wattle Tick Scale - Cryptes baccatus Australia,Cryptes baccatus,Geotagged,Summer,Wattle Tick Scale Click/tap to enlarge

Wattle Tick Scale - Cryptes baccatus

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    Christine Young
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    Nice to see a shot of these once they've turned brown! Posted 6 years ago

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The Wattle Tick Scale

Cryptes baccatus (Maskell, 1892), or the "Wattle Tick Scale" is a scale insect know from Australia. It is quite unusual looking with a tick-like enlarged body sticking up from te substrate and blocking the sucking head from sight.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded Mar 8, 2019. Captured Mar 7, 2019 16:48 in Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, 2100 Pacific Hwy, Heatherbrae NSW 2324, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/18.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO12800
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.