Orange Jumping Plant Louse
Ventral
Ellura
White Clam Lerp
Lerps
 
                      
Melaleuca psylloid (Boreioglycaspis melaleucae)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Lerp Making Psylloid (Psylloidea: Spondyliaspidinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Melaleuca psylloid (Boreioglycaspis melaleucae)
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General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Many small birds rely on psylloids for survival, so an important cog in the biosphere of Ellura

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Jan-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.