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Psyllid insect

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A psyllid insect hiding in a folded leaf. This species appears to live freely without a lerp covering and has a 'fluffy bum"

Notes:

These two psyllids were cohabiting with a mite and several Glycaspis psyllids. Glycaspis are the tiny yellow ones in some photos. This is the first large fluffy one that I have seen.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
MartinL
Thanks Leuba. I still missed it. That's corrected now.
Leuba Ridgway
Sorry Martin, I was referring to your notes -"Glycopsis"
MartinL
I am not sure if the free-living ones are Glycaspis. I suspect they are different.
MartinL
This appears to be a free living psyllid bug (nymph) that does not build a cover (Ierp). I saw another here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37163020
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PublishedJuly 23, 2013

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