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Copyright © 2014 John Schneider

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near Briargrove area, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 6, 2014
Size: <1 mm tall
Are these eggs? Pupal skins? They were numerous on the underside of oak leaves, mostly near the edge of the leaf. The upperside of the leaves had a lot of whitefly "nymphs" that looked like this, but which may have been empty.
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Contributed by John Schneider on 10 October, 2014 - 4:46am
Last updated 10 October, 2014 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved tentatively from ID Request.
… John Schneider, 10 October, 2014 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Eggs
Thanks for the comments so far. I've corrected the size info.

If these are whitefly eggshells, I'm pretty sure that they are from this species , based on the number of these adults that I see.
… John Schneider, 10 October, 2014 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Yes
Those do look like whitefly eggs but the pupae you linked to appears it may have been parasitized. Normally whitefly scale is white but turns black after parasitism possibly by Encarsia Formosa.
… Beth Close, 10 October, 2014 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

 
?
Plenty of whitefly species normally have black pupae, as you'll see if you browse through the genera.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 October, 2014 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Eggs
They seem consistent with whitefly eggs, assuming you meant less than 1 mm rather than greater than 1 mm.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 October, 2014 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

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