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Lichtensia viburni - adult male Adult male of the Viburnum Cushion Scale (Lichtensia viburni) - note that one of the two waxy tail appendages seems to have been severed.<br /> Same dude with details of top and bottom of very strangely configured head:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/78086/lichtensia_viburni_-_adult_male_w_details_of_head.html" title="Lichtensia viburni - adult male w details of head"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/78086_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ashcLbRr0cRGZKSKBtJPeyr0Ihw%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Lichtensia viburni - adult male w details of head Adult male of the Viburnum Cushion Scale (Lichtensia viburni) with details of top and bottom of very strangely configured(!) head.<br /> Same dude as single shot here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/78088/lichtensia_viburni_-_adult_male.html Coccidae,Jane&#039;s garden,Lichtensia,Lichtensia viburni,Netherlands,Viburnum Cushion Scale,nl: Sneeuwbaldopluis" /></a></figure> Coccidae,Jane's garden,Lichtensia,Lichtensia viburni,Netherlands,Viburnum Cushion Scale,nl: Sneeuwbaldopluis Click/tap to enlarge

Lichtensia viburni - adult male

Adult male of the Viburnum Cushion Scale (Lichtensia viburni) - note that one of the two waxy tail appendages seems to have been severed.
Same dude with details of top and bottom of very strangely configured head:

Lichtensia viburni - adult male w details of head Adult male of the Viburnum Cushion Scale (Lichtensia viburni) with details of top and bottom of very strangely configured(!) head.<br /> Same dude as single shot here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/78088/lichtensia_viburni_-_adult_male.html Coccidae,Jane's garden,Lichtensia,Lichtensia viburni,Netherlands,Viburnum Cushion Scale,nl: Sneeuwbaldopluis

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The Viburnum Cushion Scale

The Viburnum Cushion Scale (Lichtensia viburni) is a soft scale insect (Coccidae), originally described from Viburnum but quite polyphageous and known as a pest of olive groves in the Mediterranean region.

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