Neolecanium cornuparvum

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Neolecanium cornuparvum
Common Name: magnolia scale
Animal Guild: Insect
Class > Order > Family: Insecta > Hemiptera > Coccidae
Where is the species found?
States & Provinces
AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV
Which phenophases should I observe?
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Activity Adults
One or more adults are seen or heard moving about or at rest. For Neolecanium cornuparvum, the wingless, pinkish-orange to brown adult females, often covered with a whitish wax, are settled in one spot on a plant and do not move whereas the winged, adult males are mobile. Also include white-wax-covered instars as they are difficult to distinguish from adult females.
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Male adults
One or more adult males are seen moving about or at rest. For Neolecanium cornuparvum, adult males are tiny, gnat-like and pink to yellow in color with two long waxy threads extending from the tip of the abdomen.

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Feeding
One or more individuals are seen feeding. If possible, record the name of the species or substance being eaten or describe it in the comments field. For Neolecanium cornuparvum, any live individual that is settled in one spot on a plant can be assumed to be feeding on that plant.

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Reproduction Mating
A male and female are seen coupled in a mating position, usually with the male on top of the female.

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Development Crawlers
One or more crawlers are seen moving about or at rest. For Neolecanium cornuparvum, these first-instar nymphs are yellow to reddish-brown in color and move around before settling in one spot on a plant.

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Dead adults
One or more dead adults are seen. For Neolecanium cornuparvum, dead adults can be difficult to distinguish from live ones and may remain on the plant for long periods, but are more easily scraped off their substrate than live adults.

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Method Individuals in a trap
One or more individuals are seen caught in a trap.

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What do these phenophases look like?

The following Phenophase Photo Guides for this species have been vetted for accuracy by the USA-NPN National Coordinating Office. Most photo guides are developed for a particular local or regional monitoring effort, and some of the content may not apply to your effort or your region. However, we make them available to provide as much help as they may in illustrating phenophases for this species. If you have high quality phenophase photos that you are willing to share with us, please visit the Phenophase Photo Guidelines page.

Be aware there is variation from individual to individual within a species, especially across different regions, so your plant may not look exactly like the one pictured.

Since they do not always include complete definitions for the species, use these photo guides ONLY in conjunction with the official Nature's Notebook phenophase defintions included in the table above, in the phenophase definition sheet that downloads with the datasheet, or in the Observe screen in the mobile app.