#margarodidae

[sinobug]

Female Iceryine Scale Insect (Icerya sp., Monophlebinae, Margarodidae) The fringe of waxy "fingers" (no, they are not legs) are secreted by special glands on the body of the female. Males have one pair of wings and are easily mistaken for flies. by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese true bugs and hoppers on my Flickr site HERE.....

[drhoz]

A large mealy bug, Monophlebulus sp. walking. Of the Family Margarodidae. Video Monophlebulus by dnatheist (Alan Couch) www.flickr.com/photos/couchy/6921182836 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed

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It appears they're Monophlebidae, these days

[drhoz]

#446 - Snowball Large Mealybug

Since there doesn't seem to be an easy way to retitle submissions, I'll have to link to it here.

Female Monophlebulus Mealybugs, or Giant Coccids (formerly Fam. Margarodidae, now Monophlebidae) are very large mealybugs, orange or yellow with black markings, and are most often covered in white fluff. They lack any visible legs or antennae or wings, at least when viewed from above. The males look like much more ordinary insects, with dark wings and long fluffy antennae, but still with white fluff.