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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

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. ...

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 0 white fibrous lerp

white fibrous lerp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

called Large Dolly ants (Dolichoderus

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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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