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Mealy bug

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Hemipteran bug protected in a white waxy coat

Notes:

Sharing a leaf with some juvenile leafhoppers

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Comments (3)
MartinL
Does anyone know if this is a mealy bug, or a mealybug destroyer (larva of a ladybird beetle)?
MartinL
I don't quite understand your point. Is the mealy bug destroying the leafhoppers?

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