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Lerps Insects

Family Psyllidae

This page contains pictures and information about White Fibrous Lerp Insects that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
 
Diameter 6mm
 
The nymphs live and feed beneath the lerp and are protected by the lerps. The lerps are made from starch, derived from the plant sap. The adults looking like a small treehopper, are without lerps. They have the strong hind legs, they can jump and fly.
 
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Those White Fibrous Lerp Insects are common on Eucalyptus
 
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 449.

 

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