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Whitefly nymph on spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - Trialeurodes
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Whitefly nymph on spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - Trialeurodes
Butter Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 29, 2011
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 January, 2012 - 4:37pm
Last updated 2 December, 2012 - 4:35pm

Moved
Moved from Whiteflies.
I'll have to collect some next year; there don't seem to be any whiteflies recorded from spicebush.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 December, 2012 - 4:35pm

Parasitized
Looks like it's parasitized by an Encarsia (Aphelinidae). The whitefly looks like a Trialeurodes.
… Zachary Lahey, 2 December, 2012 - 4:15pm

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