Woodlands Historic Park Galls

female galls of Opisthoscelis subrotunda at Woodlands Historic Park
galls on a Red Gum Leaf, caused by a female scale insect. They can be up to 9mm diameter. Early Sep.
underside of female galls of Opisthoscelis subrotunda at Woodlands Historic Park
The galls have openings on the underside of the leaf (this is obviously a different group of galls - dead ones)
A number of leaves with dead galls of Opisthoscelis subrotunda at Woodlands Historic Park
Another group of galls, mainly old dead ones.

See also gall of male

Classification

statistics from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Family ERIOCOCCIDAE (175 species in Australia)
Genus Opisthoscelis
Species Opisthoscelis subrotunda

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