Aphids, Scale Insects & Mealybugs

Cottony Cushion Scale

(Icerya purchasi), photographed at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in the Victorian Mallee.

Cottony Cushion Scale

(Icerya purchasi), photographed at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in the Victorian Mallee.

Cochineal Scale

(Dactylopius opuntiae). This mealy bug like scale is being used as a biological control for the invasive Prickly Pear in western Queensland, with great effect. We saw many large pear trees completely destroyed by the bug, photographed at Westmar on the Western Downs, Queensland.

Cochineal Scale

(Dactylopius opuntiae). This mealy bug like scale is being used as a biological control for the invasive Prickly Pear in western Queensland, with great effect. We saw many large pear trees completely destroyed by the bug, photographed at Westmar on the Western Downs, Queensland.

Cochineal Scale

(Dactylopius opuntiae). This mealy bug like scale is being used as a biological control for the invasive Prickly Pear in western Queensland, with great effect. We saw many large pear trees completely destroyed by the bug, photographed at Westmar on the Western Downs, Queensland.

Cochineal Scale

(Dactylopius opuntiae). This mealy bug like scale is being used as a biological control for the invasive Prickly Pear in western Queensland, with great effect. We saw many large pear trees completely destroyed by the bug, photographed at Lake Broadwater Conservation Park near Dalby, on the Darling Downs.