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Locust Psyllid - Platycorypha nigrivirga - female

Locust Psyllid - Platycorypha nigrivirga - Female
Orcutt, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
June 13, 2016
Size: ~4mm
Found in grocery store parking lot infesting what look to be ornamental locust trees (best guess Robinia pseudoacacia); these were huge (for a psyllid)

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