Scale on Birch

4/7/07

Boulevard Park, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

ID pending...

Parasitizing Paper Birch, Betula papyrifera.

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)

Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Superclass: Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class: Insecta (Insects)

Subclass: Pterygota (Winged Insects)

Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids & Allies)

Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily: Coccoidea (Scales)

Family: Coccidae (Soft Scale Insects)

Done