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Cottony Camellia Scale

pulvinaria camelicola

The Cottony Camellia Scale is a tiny bug that covers itself in a fluffy, white cotton-like substance. These little insects love to munch on the leaves of camellia plants!

Lebensraum: Gardens, parks, and areas with camellia plants

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The Cottony Camellia Scale is a small insect with a flat, oval, reddish-brown body. It is often hidden beneath a prominent, fluffy white, cottony egg sac, making it visually distinct from typical insects.

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Cottony Camellia Scale
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Cottony Camellia Scale

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A single female can lay hundreds of eggs, leading to incredibly quick infestations!

Baby scales, called crawlers, are the only mobile stage before they settle and feed!

Some ant species act as 'farmers,' protecting these scales for their sweet honeydew!

These scales are often mistaken for patches of cotton or fungal growth on plants!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Honeydew Producer

Cottony Camellia Scale can excrete sweet honeydew that helps them attract ants for protection against predators.

Fähigkeit

Cottony Cocoon

Cottony Camellia Scale has a unique ability to create a dense, white waxy ovisac to protect its eggs.

Fähigkeit

Sap Siphon

Cottony Camellia Scale has specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts that help them extract nutrient-rich sap from plants.

Maße und Details

Größe
3-7 mm
Lebenserwartung
60-90 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny plant pests drink sweet sap from many types of plants.

Hauptnahrung

  • Camellia sap
  • Holly sap
  • Citrus sap
  • Rhododendron sap
  • Gardenia sap
  • Magnolia sap

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Green Lacewing

Chrysoperla carnea

Lacewing larvae prey on scale insects.

depends on

Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica

The scale feeds on sap from camellia plants.

parasitizes

Parasitic Wasp

Coccophagus insidiator

This tiny wasp lays eggs inside the scale.

symbiotic with

Yellow Crazy Ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

Ants protect scales for their honeydew.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Camellia ScaleCottony ScalePulvinaria

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Cottony Camellia Scale?

3-7 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Cottony Camellia Scale?

60-90 Tage

Was frisst Cottony Camellia Scale?

These tiny plant pests drink sweet sap from many types of plants.

Wo findet man Cottony Camellia Scale normalerweise?

Gardens, parks, and areas with camellia plants

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Cottony Camellia Scale?

6

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