Clam Lerp

Description:

A clear clam-shaped lerp about 10mm wide. Beautiful ripples and rings seen on the surface, radiating from one point as in a clam.

Habitat:

This was spotted on a eucalyptus leaf of a lone gum - ? species

Notes:

These always fascinate me. I'd love to find a chocolate clam lerp one day. Lerps are covers made by scale insect nymphs, to hide under, during development. Psyllids of various species produce lerps of different material - sugars, amino acids and others made of waxy material. here's a spotting by martinl of a clear clam lerp with a psyllid bug that makes the lerp- http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/877...