Walker's Mealybug - Dysmicoccus walkeri
A very small, six legged, unarmored scale insect with a waxy covering.
Associated with grasses.
Most likely to be found in summer and autumn.
Status in Britain not known.
Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Odstone specimen of 4th September 2015 is the first record of this species in VC55.
Steve Woodward
Odstone
04 September 2015
1st record for VC55
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Pseudococcidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 04/09/2015 (Woodward, Steve)
- Last record:
- 04/09/2015 (Woodward, Steve)
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