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Scale insect (Lerp#4)

Glycaspis sp.

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow textured scale hiding a tiny transparent lerp.

Habitat:

On an old leaf of an ageing, heavily infested eucalyptus tree.

Reference Links:

Lerps <i>Glycaspis sp.</i> | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Species ID Suggestions

Golden Eucalyptus Lerp

Creiis longipennis

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Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
how do they produce the yellow colour ? - interesting..
AnnalisaD
This is very interesting....never seen anything like it! Great capture :)

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PublishedFebruary 2, 2012

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