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Physokermes
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Physokermes

Physokermes are a genus of scale insects known as the bud scales. They are restricted to the Holarctic, though Physokermes hemicryphus has been introduced to North America. Some species are plant pests.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Spruce Bud Scale

speciesPhysokermes piceae

small spruce bud scale

speciesPhysokermes hemicryphus

Fir Bud Scale

speciesPhysokermes concolor

Hungarian Spruce Scale

speciesPhysokermes inopinatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 929656.