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Hyalinaspis sp
A eucalyptus tree with most leaves covered with clam-shaped lerps-close-up in pic 4.
Tree is probably a Yellow Box ( Eucalyptus melliodora)
Never seen lerp-attack on such a scale !
Spotted on Sep 6, 2013
Submitted on Sep 9, 2013
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Wow!!! There's lots of lerps this year. Eucalyptolyma maideni, Glycaspis brimblecombei, Eriococcus coriaceus. I can see one with a hole in the lerp which I think means it was attacked by a wasp, but I can see it in there through its shell. Prepare for a bonanza spring, Leuba.