Wedding Cake Scale

Created 25-Apr-15

Modified 10-Dec-23

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"This is a species of Crypticerya and it is almost certainly C. montserratensis. Wolcott (1948) referred to this scale as the ‘wedding cake scale’ due to the elaborate wax ornamentation." Was kindly identified by Dr Chris Malumphy.

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Category:Animals

Subcategory:Insects

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Keywords:cake, scale, wedding