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Creosote Bush Gall made by Asphondylia auripila, February 12, 2025, East of Hillsboro
Commons license), and A. apicata (not
reported from this area).
to bloom and fruit for quite a long
time.
Creosote Bush is quick to bloom and
fruit in our area and they will continue
The photographs of ßowers on the
following page were taken on 4 May
2020 just east of Hillsboro, and the
fruiting plants on page 9 were
photographed on 26 February 2021
(top) and 12 February 2025 (bottom).
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1. "Insect Lac in Southwestern
Cultural Heritage", Preservation
Archaeology Blog, Marilen Pool
(Sonoran Art Conservation
Services, LLC), 19 November 2024.
Archaeology Southwest website.
This blog was utilized as a major
source of information in
developing this article.
2. ÒLacÓ is Òderived from the
Sanskrit word lksh '(लाक्षा)
representing the number 100
thousand, which was used for both
the lac insect (because of their
enormous number) and the scarlet
resinous secretion it producesÓ
(download from Wikipedia 28
June 2025).
3. ÒTaxonomic Review of the Genus
Tachardiella Cockerell (Hemiptera:
Kerriidae), with a Key to Species of
Lac Insects Recorded from the
New WorldÓ, T. Kondo and PJ
Gullan, Neotropical Entomology,
29 December 2010.
4. The Distribution of Cultural Lac
Scale Use (Tachardiella spp.) in the
Arid Southwest, video
presentation by Marilen A. Pool,
PhD, August 12, 2023, for
Archaeology Southwest.
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