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Eucalyptus psyllid - Glycaspis brimblecombei
Copyright © 2016 cae1

Eucalyptus psyllid - Glycaspis brimblecombei
Brisbane, San Mateo County, California, USA
April 30, 2016
Leaves of eucalyptus tree are covered with these white cases, which appear to be sugar. When I opened one of these cases, I found the pupa. Lerps are from Glycaspis brimblecombei. One of the lerps contained a pupa of a parasitoid wasp.

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Eucalyptus psyllid - Glycaspis brimblecombei Eucalyptus psyllid - Psyllaephagus bliteus Eucalyptus psyllid - Psyllaephagus bliteus Eucalyptus psyllid and parasitoid wasp - Psyllaephagus bliteus
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Contributed by cae1 on 2 May, 2016 - 12:15am
Last updated 13 May, 2016 - 12:22pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 13 May, 2016 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Adult Psyllaephagus bliteus
Added a photo of the adult wasp, which emerged from one of these lerps. It's ID was tentatively confirmed as Psyllaephagus bliteus on INaturalist http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3153162.
… cae1, 12 May, 2016 - 11:57pm login or register to post comments

lerps from G. brimblecombei; pupa = Psyllaephagus bliteus?
The parasitoid was introduced into CA in 2000 to combat the psyllid. This article from the Australian Journal of Entomology (2006) has dorsal and ventral images of the pupa, which seem to be a perfect match for yours. There are no other known parasitoids of this psyllid.
… Chris Mallory, 2 May, 2016 - 1:40am login or register to post comments

 
Parasitoid pupa
Ah, that's why the pupa didn't look like the photos of the psyllid. Thanks for the ID and info.
… cae1, 2 May, 2016 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Please fix date
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… Aaron Hunt, 2 May, 2016 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

 
Fixed.
Fixed.
… cae1, 2 May, 2016 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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