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Aleuroplatus near gelatinosus - Aleuroplatus

Aleuroplatus near gelatinosus - Aleuroplatus
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
January 7, 2016
Dr. Ian Stocks produced these great images of whitefly puparia found on the underside of Southern live oak leaves in El Paso, Texas.
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The dots populating the surfa
The dots populating the surface are pores that secrete wax. The marvelous dorsal palisade of wax seen in the habitus images corresponds to the pattern of pores. The 'gealtinous' wax that forms the marginal fringe is produced by another set of pores.

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