CLOSED: Can someone please identify this?

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kmil Atlanta, GA(Zone 8a) Apr 12, 2009

I have spotted these on the trunk and branches of a Japanese Maple. They are about the size and shape of a lady bug, but I am not certain if they are bugs or insect cases. When I scraped one off, there was something that could have been tiny eggs, but it also had a brown juice to come out. The shell or skin seemed thin.

Thanks

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Apr 13, 2009

I think they're these Calico scale insects, an introduced pest:


http://www.invasive.org/south/subject.html?sub=8279

http://woodypests.cas.psu.edu/factsheets/InsectFactSheets/pdf/CalicoScale.pdf

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