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Cardiaspina sp.
Numerous lerps including eggs, shells, nymphs and winged adults.
These were spotted on another heavily infested tree last season. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/880... Also noted in both sightings is this larva, (lepidoptera or diptera?) in last picture. C. tenuitela or C. densitexta http://www.psyllids.org/CardiaspinaSOUND... http://www.fzi.uni-freiburg.de/InsectPes...
Spotted on Sep 24, 2012
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks argy bee and andre
The larvae have three pairs of legs but always hide under the lerp (shell).
Here's another and another and another;
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/878...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/877...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/880...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/112...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/866...
the nymphs look pretty cool
Yow.. weird looking larva... slug-footed?