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Beech Scale

Cryptococcus fagisuga

3,188 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 34, February 29, March 49, April 54, May 105, June 49, July 37, August 33, September 35, October 33, November 33, December 38.
Canada908
United States866
Ontario439
Vermont327
New York327
Quebec308
New Hampshire278
Michigan76
Nova Scotia71
Massachusetts60

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyFelt Scales · Eriococcidae
GenusCryptococcus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Beech Scale with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.