Giant female scale insect

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Papilio_indra
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Giant female scale insect

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I found this scale insect while obtaining cuttings for my Limenitis rearing projects. The insect is 13 mm long and is attached to a leaf from a sand bar willow, Salix exigua. Location is northern Utah, USA. Any ideas as to its identity? Thanks.
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Re: Giant female scale insect

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It looks like a Tabanid fly egg cluster to me
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Re: Giant female scale insect

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Eleodes wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 6:29 am It looks like a Tabanid fly egg cluster to me
Agreed, that's certainly what it appears to be -

https://www.mindenpictures.com/stock-ph ... 36254.html
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Re: Giant female scale insect

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Thank you both very much, Eleodes and livingplanet3, I would have never guessed that this was associated with a Tabanid fly.
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