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gall on leaves from hackberry trees (2nd pic) at Gunnison Beach http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2012/11/17/little-insect-with-a-big-name-invades-homes/
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gall on leaves from hackberry trees (2nd pic) at Gunnison Beach http://citybugs.tamu.edu/2012/11/17/little-insect-with-a-big-name-invades-homes/
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Landed on my arm but sadly didn't make the trip back home.
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Or fungus? On Eucalyptus.
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Or fungus? On Eucalyptus.
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San Diego County, California, US
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Observation and photo taken by Kat Halsey, sent via Facebook #NatureinLA.
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Observation and photo taken by Kat Halsey, sent via Facebook #NatureinLA.
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Red Gum Lerp Psyllid http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_gum_lerp_psyllid.html San Diego County, California, US
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Red Gum Lerp Psyllid http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_gum_lerp_psyllid.html San Diego County, California, US
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Red Gum Lerp Psyllid http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_gum_lerp_psyllid.html San Diego County, California, US
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"Turrets of sugar on the leaves of this red gum eucalyptus tree. The sugary structures are ""lerps"" produced by psyllid bugs nymphs that suck fluid from the leaf's phloem. ID'ed on BugGuide http://bugguide.net/node/view/1218111. Third photo shows pupa of a parasitoid that was in one of the sugary cases. It's ID'ed in observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3153162."
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"Turrets of sugar on the leaves of this red gum eucalyptus tree. The sugary structures are ""lerps"" produced by psyllid bugs nymphs that suck fluid from the leaf's phloem. ID'ed on BugGuide http://bugguide.net/node/view/1218111. Third photo shows pupa of a parasitoid that was in one of the sugary cases. It's ID'ed in observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3153162."
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"Turrets of sugar on the leaves of this red gum eucalyptus tree. The sugary structures are ""lerps"" produced by psyllid bugs nymphs that suck fluid from the leaf's phloem. ID'ed on BugGuide http://bugguide.net/node/view/1218111. Third photo shows pupa of a parasitoid that was in one of the sugary cases. It's ID'ed in observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3153162."
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http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_gum_lerp_psyllid.html San Diego County, California, US
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http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_gum_lerp_psyllid.html San Diego County, California, US