Icerya seychellarum

Appearance

Body orange to brick red, legs and antennae black, covered by layer of white to often yellow wax; median area with longitudinal series of tufts, marginal areas with fringe of wax processes all about same length and with numerous silken threads. Ovisac produced below and behind female, covered with silken threads, weakly flutted. Immatures are yellow. Eggs are orange, laid inside ovisac.