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0 0 The red gum lerp psyllid

The red gum lerp psyllid

by StavrosApostolouΑποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αττικής, Greece

1 3 White Fibrous Lerps Insect

White Fibrous Lerps Insect

by ChristianeBundaberg, Queensland, Australia

I found this weird looking thing on only one tree? Could it be a Fungi??

0 1 Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

by RachaelB3958, Victoria, Australia

Gum leaf

1 3 Eucalyptus Lerp Psyllid

Eucalyptus Lerp Psyllid

by Christiane2447, New South Wales, Australia

4 3 White Fibrous Lerps Insect

White Fibrous Lerps Insect

by VivBraznellThailand

The fine hairs of these Lerps insects were glistening in the sun on the back of ...

2 1 White lerp insect (lerp#8)

White lerp insect (lerp#8)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A minute scale insect densely covering the leaf with white or pale yellow ...

0 1 Sooty lerp.

Sooty lerp.

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

unusual, I am guessing it is a Glycaspis ...

3 7 Scale insect (Lerp#1)

Scale insect (Lerp#1)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Tiny specialised hemipteran bug that builds a large cover to protect itself. ...

3 2 Gum lerp

Gum lerp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A small bug nymph hiding under its sugary lerp shell.

2 5 Psyllid insect

Psyllid insect

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A psyllid insect hiding in a folded leaf. This species appears to live freely ...

1 2 Scale insect (Lerp#4)

Scale insect (Lerp#4)

by martinlLilydale, Victoria, Australia

Yellow textured scale hiding a tiny transparent lerp.

1 2 White Fibrous Lerp Insects

White Fibrous Lerp Insects

by LeanneGardnerMackay, Queensland, Australia

They looked like maybe a very small white critter, but each had numerous white ...

0 2 Gum lerp (psyllid)

Gum lerp (psyllid)

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This small winged (adult) 'jumping plant lice' has recently emerged from its ...

2 5 Red Gum Lerp Psyllid nymph

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid nymph

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Red and yellow nymph introduced from Australia. The adult can be seen at ...

0 0 Red Gum Lerp Psyllid. Plaga roja del eucaliptus

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid. Plaga roja del eucaliptus

by eulalia rubioValencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Eggs are laid randomly on the leaves or in clusters of 50-75 eggs, usually at ...

0 0 white fibrous lerp

white fibrous lerp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A white mound of woven waxy material secreted by the nymph of a Psyllid insect. ...

2 1 Sugar Lerp -1

Sugar Lerp -1

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A small square shaped lerp on the upper side of a gum (eucalyptus) leaf. It had ...

3 4 Gum lerp

Gum lerp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Each of these white sugary caps hide a small nymph of the red gum lerp.

10 7 Eastern Horn Lerp

Eastern Horn Lerp

by Leuba RidgwayNSW, Australia

These were small slightly flattened trumpet-shaped lerps spotted on eucalyptus ...

0 0 Sugar Lerp -2

Sugar Lerp -2

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A small (5mm) conical sugary crystalline structure with an exit hole on one ...

2 2 Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Lerps are protective covers constructed by the nymphs of jumping plant ...

1 0 Scale insect (lerp#12)

Scale insect (lerp#12)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Yellow sugary lerp insects attract ants to their honeydew. An overturned ...

2 2 Fibrous lerp insect (lerp#9)

Fibrous lerp insect (lerp#9)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A yellow scale often in overlapping clusters with fuzzy hairy processes. Small ...

2 1 Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Bright green flying insect with clear wings about 5mm long. It looks like its ...

0 2 Lerp(Red Gum Lerp Psyllid)

Lerp(Red Gum Lerp Psyllid)

by JemmaCalifornia, USA

The leaves on the eucalyptus tree seemed to have an" infestation" of these ...

0 0 Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Brown pyramid mound shaped organism

2 9 White Lerp Insect

White Lerp Insect

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Who can place so many eggs sacs on eucalyptus tree? I knew that eucalyptus ...

6 8 Psyllid lerp farm

Psyllid lerp farm

by Argy BeeVictoria, Australia

A single small black ant about 8mm long is tending to fields of lerps. The ...

0 0 Leaf galls -psyllid

Leaf galls -psyllid

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Numerous small pale green bubble-like galls (2mm wide) on the upper surface of ...

1 0 Yellow Lerp

Yellow Lerp

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A solitary thin yellow clam-shaped lerp about 4mm wide. Pic #2 shows three ...

0 2 Psyllid leaf galls & lerp

Psyllid leaf galls & lerp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

An unopen psyllid gall (pic #1) and an exited gall (pic #2) on a Eucalyptus ...

6 4 Farmer ants tending stock

Farmer ants tending stock

by Argy BeeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

The sweet-tooth farmer ants are back. This small eucalyptus branch had no ...

3 0 Lerp -3

Lerp -3

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Conical sugar lerps formed by psyllid nymphs found on this gum tree. Pics #3 &4 ...

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