[Taxacom] What a treat - Re: species id please

[John Landolt]

What a treat to see this very different image of a scale insect  
(compared to the image that we non-entomologists usually have of this  
group).  Cho's photo and the identification of it has made my day!

Cheers,

J. Landolt
Research professor of Biology - Emeritus
Shepherd University

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Michael Wilson wrote:

> It IS a male scale insect and belongs to the Monophlebidae (used to be
> the Margarodidae but that has been split).  It is almost certainly a
> male of Icerya purchasi although there are several other Icerya
> species in Korea (I think!).
>         Cheers,
>
>
> Chris
>
> Dr. C.J. Hodgson,
> Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics,
> The National Museum of Wales,
> Cathay's Park,
> Cardiff,
> CF10 3NP, UK
> Tel. No. UK 029 2039 7951 ext 3122
> Fax. UK 029 2057 3321
> Email hodgsoncj at cardiff.ac.uk
>>>> Michael Wilson <wilsomichael at gmail.com> 15/06/11 8:58 AM >>>
> male scale insect according to Stephen Thorpe
>
> Mike
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Soowon Cho <chosoowon at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:32 AM
> Subject: [Taxacom] species id please
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I recently caught a fly (probably?) and I have no idea what it is. It
> was flying in the day time, around trees late afternoon. If you have a
> chance to look at it, please check the site
> http://web.chungbuk.ac.kr/~soowon/a_fly.jpg
> and let me know your opinion. Thank you in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --
> Soowon Cho
> chosoowon at gmail.com
> Dept Plant Medicine
> Chungbuk Nat'l Univ
> Cheongju, 361-763
> KOREA
>
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