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To: | Geoffrey Dabb <> |
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Subject: | Red-rumps, Gould, and mistletoe |
From: | "Peter Cranston via Canberrabirds " <> |
Date: | Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:01:16 +0000 |
Nice observation Geoffrey: with Gould, accuracy is always the best guess. The 'warped mistletoe berries' are indeed scale insects, Cryptes baccatus, known as wattle tick scales.
is a nice illustration, with attendant ants feeding on the secreted honeydew. Gould, or Richter, accurately shows the posterior dark spot, the anal area, from which the honeydew is excreted (the feeding mouthparts of the head end are embedded in the plant
tissue). Great naturalists both
Pete Cranston
On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 at 11:23, Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
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