Snowball Large Mealybug

Subject: Giant snowball mealy bug
Location: Mount Cotton Qld 4165
October 31, 2015 7:08 pm
Just read something about mealy bug on this site and thought I’d share a different coloured one I found on my Leptospermum
Signature: Glen Beard

Snowball Large Mealybug

Dear Glen,
Thanks so much for providing a new image of the Snowball Large Mealybug in the genus Monophlebulus.  It surely is much larger and more colorful than the Mealybugs we have in North America, which is why we were stumped the first time we received a submission.

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