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4 3 White Fibrous Lerps Insect

White Fibrous Lerps Insect

by VivBraznellThailand

The fine hairs of these Lerps insects were ...

5 2 Clam lerp

Clam lerp

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A clam lerp created by a psyllid bug. I ...

10 7 Eastern Horn Lerp

Eastern Horn Lerp

by Leuba RidgwayNSW, Australia

These were small slightly flattened trumpet-shaped

3 3 Shell lerp insect (lerp #7)

Shell lerp insect (lerp #7)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Dark scales looking like seashells covering a tiny psyllid bug (centre). ...

2 2 White clam lerp insect.

White clam lerp insect.

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This small green hemipteran bug was hiding under its sugary shell (

2 1 Lerp country- white clam lerps

Lerp country- white clam lerps

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A eucalyptus tree with most leaves covered with clam-shaped

0 3 Basket Lerp

Basket Lerp

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Several beautiful lerps with nymphs ...

1 2 Scale insect (Lerp#4)

Scale insect (Lerp#4)

by martinlLilydale, Victoria, Australia

Yellow textured scale hiding a tiny transparent

1 2 Spotted Gum psyllid,lerps & nymphs

Spotted Gum psyllid,lerps & nymphs

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

An adult psyllid (pic 1) between two fern frond-shaped white

1 0 Yellow Lerp

Yellow Lerp

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A solitary thin yellow clam-shaped lerp ...

2 2 Shell lerp insect

Shell lerp insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

tiny lerp insect (central one is exposed) ...

0 3 Lace and Basket Lerps (lerp#6)

Lace and Basket Lerps (lerp#6)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This dry flaky scale insect has heavily infested the tree making it appear very ...

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 clam lerp (Lerp#5)

White clam lerp (Lerp#5)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

small orange psyllid trying to hide itself under a fine white shell.

1 1 Undetermined black lerp

Undetermined black lerp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A small psyllid bug hiding under this black

1 4 Clear clam lerp (Lerp#3)

Clear clam lerp (Lerp#3)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Small sap sucking psyllid bug attempting to hide under a transparent shell.

14 14 Lerps causing leaf coloration

Lerps causing leaf coloration

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Sometimes eucalyptus trees have brightly discolored leaves. Under each ...

2 1 White lerp insect (lerp#8)

White lerp insect (lerp#8)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

honeydew produced by the lerps and a ...

0 0 Psyllid lerp insect

Psyllid lerp insect

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A tiny winged insect about 3mm long sitting on a eucalyptus leaf beside a clam ...

0 2 Lerp(Red Gum Lerp Psyllid)

Lerp(Red Gum Lerp Psyllid)

by JemmaCalifornia, USA

.The ground under neath was strwn with these white scaly dome like ...

4 3 Brown Clam Lerp

Brown Clam Lerp

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This small dark brown lerp was shaped like ...

1 0 Clam lerp (lerp #25)

Clam lerp (lerp #25)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This snowy white clam lerp contained the ...

2 3 Clam Lerp

Clam Lerp

by RachaelBIvanhoe, Victoria, Australia

All species in genus Hyalinaspis construct typical clam-shell shape

0 1 Gum Tree Scale (lerp #10)

Gum Tree Scale (lerp #10)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Numerous clustered seed like scale insects sometimes very common on shaded ...

1 2 ?  Hairy scale insect

? Hairy scale insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A small white fluffy structure. This is possibly a

4 2 Lace lerp

Lace lerp

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Young nymphs wingless and secrete a lattice-patterned sugary covering (

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 ...

1 0 Scale insect (lerp#12)

Scale insect (lerp#12)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Yellow sugary lerp insects attract ants to ...

0 1 Scale insect (Lerp # 16)

Scale insect (Lerp # 16)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A large waxy lerp in the shape of a scallop ...

0 1 Sooty lerp.

Sooty lerp.

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A darker sugary lerp shell with an unusual ...

0 2 Gum lerp (psyllid)

Gum lerp (psyllid)

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

0 1 lerp colony

lerp colony

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A colony of clam lerps built close to each ...

0 0 The red gum lerp psyllid

The red gum lerp psyllid

by StavrosApostolouΑποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αττικής, Greece

0 7 Scale insect (lerp#11)

Scale insect (lerp#11)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Brown lerp insect with spotted back and ...

0 2 Leaf tip lerp insect

Leaf tip lerp insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

These tiny lerps gain extra protection by ...

3 2 Gum lerp

Gum lerp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A small bug nymph hiding under its sugary

5 7 Clear clam lerp

Clear clam lerp

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A small psyllid bug nymph that builds a sugary protective covering. This ...

0 0 Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Brown pyramid mound shaped organism

16 33 Spotted gum lerp (lerp#2)

Spotted gum lerp (lerp#2)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

hemipteran bug like a scale insect or lerp ...

1 1 Clam Lerp

Clam Lerp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A clear clam-shaped lerp about 10mm wide. ...

0 0 white fibrous lerp

white fibrous lerp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

called Large Dolly ants (Dolichoderus sp.)were attending to the

3 4 Gum lerp

Gum lerp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

8 10 Clam Lerp Insect (lerp #24)

Clam Lerp Insect (lerp #24)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This red nymph scale insect was hiding beneath its wax covering. The

2 1 Sugar Lerp -1

Sugar Lerp -1

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A small square shaped lerp on the upper ...

3 1 Lace Lerp

Lace Lerp

by Leuba Ridgway

A lerp which is slightly different yet ...

47 26 Basket Lerp

Basket Lerp

by Leuba RidgwayFerntree Gully, Victoria, Australia

nymphs of psyllids of the Cardiaspina genus and the leaf surface under these ...

2 2 Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

Lerp protecting a psyllid nymph

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Lerps are protective covers constructed by ...

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