Family

Soft scales

Coccidae

2 species in our catalog · found in 4 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies)
FamilyCoccidae (Soft scales)

Species in this group

Endemic

Cryptes baccatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Protopulvinaria pyriformis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

~10%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

<5%

Jun

<5%

Jul

<5%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

<5%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Soft scales

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	~10%
	Wattle Tick Scale			~10%
2	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	~10%
	Wattle Tick Scale			~10%
3	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	<5%
	Wattle Tick Scale			<5%
4	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 2	<5%
	Pyriform Scale			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	1 of 2	~10%
	Pyriform Scale			~10%
2	Lima	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 2	~10%
	Pyriform Scale			~10%
3	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	~10%
	Wattle Tick Scale			~10%
4	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 2	~10%
	Pyriform Scale			~10%
5	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	<5%
	Wattle Tick Scale			<5%
6	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	<5%
	Wattle Tick Scale			<5%
7	Cape Town	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 2	<5%
	Pyriform Scale			<5%
8	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 2	<5%
	Wattle Tick Scale			<5%
9	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 2	<5%
	Pyriform Scale			<5%

Soft scales

Species in this group

Wattle Tick Scale

Pyriform Scale

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Soft scales

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked