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?? on Acacia dealbata
Copyright © 2016 James Bailey

?? on Acacia dealbata
Backbone Trail (Piuma Road section), Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 26, 2016
Scale insects? Present on several leaves of a feral population of Acacia dealbata at this site.

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Contributed by James Bailey on 26 March, 2016 - 10:01pm
Last updated 4 May, 2016 - 10:43am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

A psyllid "lerp" wouldn't have that brown part in the middle. Also, I don't think there are any North American psyllids that make shelters like that, other than the introduced one on eucalyptus.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 May, 2016 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Maybe...
They also look kind of like the wax shelters produced by psyllid nymphs
… Alice Abela, 8 April, 2016 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Armored scales (Diaspididae), can't tell you more than that though.
… Zachary Lahey, 27 March, 2016 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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