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Spondyliaspis plicatuloides
Dark scales looking like seashells covering a tiny psyllid bug (centre). Leaves are usually heavily infested but few affected on a given tree.
Spotted on Oct 2, 2011
Submitted on Feb 2, 2012
3 Comments
Added a pic of the adult lerp insect (Psyllid)
Thank you MayraSpringmann.
It is a big shelter for such a small bug to build!
Wow!!