Australian Bug
Ants
Ants Nest
Aphids (various species)
Astylus beetles (Spotted maize beetles)
Australian Bug
Bed Bugs
Bollworm
Caterpillar
Chafer Beetle
CMR Beetle
Cockroaches (German American and Oriental)
Crickets
Cutworms (various species)
Diamond Back Moth
Dog Tick
Fish Moth
Flea
Flower Beetle
Flies (various species)
Fruit flies (Mediterranean, Oriental and Natal)
Fungus Gnat
Grasshopper
Ladybird
Lawn Caterpillar
Leaf Beetles
Leaf Roller Weevil
Lily Borer
Mealy Bug
Mole Cricket
Mosquito
Northern Harvester Termites
Pumpkin Fly
Red Spider Mite
Scale Insects
Shield Bug
Slug
Snails
Snout Beetle
Stalkborers (maize, pink, chilo)
Termites (subterranean wood destroying termites or white ants)
Thrips
Ticks (various species)
Weevil
White Fly
Australian Bug
The conspicuous adult female bug is dark, orange-red, about 8 mm long and produces a large, white, waxy, ribbed egg sac when mature. The tiny juveniles will crawl away and start feeding on the plant sap along the midribs of leaves. As they mature, they move back to the stems.
This sap sucking insect is a pest of perennial plants, favouring Vachelia and citrus trees. Like aphids and other scale insects, it produces honeydew that is colonised by sooty moulds.