White Peach Scale Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886)    Synonyms: Mulberry Scale, West Indian Peach Scale, West Indian Scale, White Plum Scale, White Scale.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hemiptera   >   Family Diaspididae   >   Genus Pseudaulacaspis   

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White Peach Scale (adult male on water) in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/1/1981). Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)

White Peach Scale (adult female and first-instar crawler) found on Geranium in a greenhouse in Montgomery Co., Maryland (1/1/2001). Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)

White Peach Scale (female with eggs) on mulberry in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/6/1981). The all-white eggs produce males while the salmon-colored eggs produce females. Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)

White Peach Scale (adult female covers) on dogwood in Prince George's Co., Maryland (12/1/1984). Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)

White Peach Scales on mulberry in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/1/1979). Note adult female covers in center and adult male covers clustered at bottom of twig. Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)

White Peach Scale in Washington, D.C. (5/18/2001). Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)


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