Claim: Icerya, named after Dr. Edmond Icery, can populate new territory if only one individual is present due to the hermaphroditism found in the species.
Evidence: It is named after physician-naturalist Dr. Edmond Icery of British Mauritius. This hermaphroditic sexual self-sufficiency where a single individual can populate new territory has contributed to the invasive spread of the cottony-cushion scale insect away from its native Australia.