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americanbeetles.bsky.social
are... are those psyllid wing veins
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
anneontheshelf.bsky.social
#WildWebsWednesday Trioza centranthi, Valerian Psyllid larval leaf roll galls on Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber near Monmouth.
June 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
Excitement on the walk home today - a new psyllid for Norfolk! This is Olive Psyllid, Euphyllura olivina, a non-native species that feeds on Olive. It doesn't appear to be on UKSI (at least I can't see it on NBN Atlas). It was smaller than I had expected! #NorfolkPsyllids
The underside of an olive leaf, being held between finger and thumb. Near the centre is a small white exuvia case and a tiny green psyllid. A close up of a small, squat psyllid with pale lightly speckled wings. It is next to a white fluffy vacated exuvia.
June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
cescomartons.bsky.social
First day on here!

How do I get added to ento and science starter packs?

I offer a beautiful psyllid (Creiis longipennis) emerging from its lerp and nymph, I guess 😍
February 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
rosariolebronentomology.com
An unfortunate fate for a hornbeam psyllid (Psylla carpinicola), caught in the web. The spider is likely Emblyna, one of the many common meshweb weavers. I want to focus stack all of the webbing one day.

#entomology #Invert 🪲🪳 🌿 #Psyllid #Dictynidae
A close-up macro photo shows a predation scene on a leaf. At the bottom of the frame, a small meshweb weaver spider from the genus Emblyna stands poised on the green leaf surface. Its body is compact, marked with a bold brown and cream pattern, and its long, semi-translucent legs stretch outward in a confident stance. Just above the spider, entangled in fine web strands, hangs its prey: a hornbeam psyllid (Psylla carpinicola). The psyllid is pale green with delicate, transparent wings held away from its limp body. Its large, rounded eyes and soft texture contrast with the sharper form of the spider below. Wispy strands of web are anchored to the leaf, subtly catching the light.
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
caryocatactes.bsky.social
Bay Sucker Psyllid (Trioza alacris) found on a Bay Tree in Aylsham. @norfolknats.bsky.social
July 15, 2026 at 5:24 AM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
First attempts at drawing psyllids. These are odd looking bugs. Working from reference photos is OK if you have a good knowledge of the anatomy of what you are drawing. Psyllids are new to me so I really need a specimen as well to work out how they go together.
A black ink line drawing of a psyllid facing left. It has a dark eye and dark patches on the wings. Black ink drawing of a rather plain, unmarked psyllid facing right. Black ink drawing of a psyllid facing left. This one has a dark and light striped abdomen which ends in a conical point.
February 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Had a quick scan of Laburnum trees in Earlham Cemetery for @norwichbirder.bsky.social in the much needed rain this morning. On both sides of the ring road found Livilla variegata, adults (some teneral) and nymphs. Two adults were observed secreting wax balls (2nd photo).
An adult psyllid facing right on the underside of a Laburnum leaf, sitting on the hairy midrib. Adult psyllid on underside of Laburnum leaf with a ball of wax it had just secreted. This one had only recently emerged, the cast skin or exuvium is to the right. Adult psyllid on Laburnum. Psyllid nymph on underside of pale green hairy Laburnum leaf. The nymph is a pale pinky-orange colour with a dark head. The developing wing buds are clearly seen.
May 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
Another psyllid species new to Norfolk! I noticed these leaf-roll galls on Poplar yesterday but thought they were probably early aphid galls. Fortunately I had a closer look and the inhabitants were psyllid nymphs! These are Camarotoscena speciosa (bladmineerders.nl/parasites/an...) #NorfolkPsyllids
June 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
2025 was a good year for psyllid recording. Each of these were new ones for me and the latter three were new to Norfolk: Cacopsylla mali on Apple, Homotoma ficus nymph on Fig, Euphyllura olivina on Olive and Camarotoscena speciosa nymph on Poplar. #NorfolkPsyllids
A green psyllid on the underside of an apple leaf. A bristly psyllid nymph in close-up A small 'rabbit-like' Olive psyllid on the underside of an olive leaf, next to a white shed skin. A microscope image of a psyllid nymph with large fibres protruding from the rear.
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
tjalamont.bsky.social
This is a psyllid or jumping plant louse, an aphid-size, sap-feeding bug (superfamily Psylloidea). Not sure why the sexy-dance - maybe it’s sending out pheromones, or maybe it’s just gotta shake that groove thing because it knows it’s #InverteFest 🐙🌿💃🕺
April 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
ajcann.bsky.social
I've been looking for the distinctive gall on Red Valerian caused by the Psyllid Trioza centranthi for years, so pleased to finally find it in my garden.
See: www.naturespot.org/species/trio...
#PlantGalls #Leicester #Psyllids #Bugs #environment
The distinctive gall on Red Valerian caused by the Psyllid Trioza centranthi.
April 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
Two psyllid highlights. Aphalara maculipennis is interesting - the RES handbook lists it as "rare, known only from Aviemore, Scotland". There are no NBN records, so could this be new to England?! Cacopsylla visci, found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social , was the first Norfolk record for c100 years.
An orangey-red bodied psyllid with pale brown markings on the wings. It is standing on a pale green stem. A psyllid nymph with a mottled black and green body and red eyes, on a mistletoe leaf (green with white speckling).
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
vannabartlett.bsky.social
Star find from Cumbria last week: the psyllid Craspedolepta subpunctata on Rosebay Willowherb at Sandscale Haws. Saw several mating pairs, all of which had produced a wax globule as seen in first 2 photos.
@norwichbirder.bsky.social
A pair of pale yellowish psyllids on the pinkish stem of Rosebay Willowherb with green leaves behind them. There is a transparent globe of wax on the conjoined rear ends of the mating psyllids. A single, pale yellowish psyllid head down on the green stem of a Rosebay Willowherb plant. There is a waxy globe attached to the rear end. A pale yellowish psyllid head down on a green stem of Rosebay Willowherb. A pale yellowish psyllid facing left on a pinkish leaf stem. The tips of the antennae are dark and the eyes are dark and reddish. The ends of the wing veins are dark.
June 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
timworfolk.bsky.social
Regularly checking the house wall pays off again: the psyllid Trioza urticae found today. Said to be common, even ubiquitous, but this is my first.
#UKWildlife
#Hemiptera
Trioza urticae; a psyllid plant bug. Usually found on nettles. I've probably seen the galls many times but never noticed them. This is an adult, I think female 24/1/2025 Topsham, Devon.
January 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
americanbeetles.bsky.social
Excellent psyllid evolution talk from Meg Licht of USU; we are all being very serious and professional about the gall morphology terms
Slide of different leaf gall types cased by the genus Pachypsylla, including STAR, HAIRY NIPPLE, DISC, BLISTER, and GLABROUS NIPPLE
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
This small psyllid was found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social earlier in the week. I've keyed it out today as Ctenarytaina spatulata, new to Norfolk. It was first recorded in Britain using aerial suction traps, raising the possibility it has arrived on air currents from the continent. #NorfolkPsyllids
A small psyllid with an orangey head and thorax and long dusky wings. A side view of the psyllid, with an orangey thorax, thick terminalia with a concave section and long dusky wings.
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
6480.bsky.social
close up photo of a silky white insect (durian psyllid) on railing bright red-pink flowers and flower buds
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
norwichbirder.bsky.social
Another psyllid seen at Whitlingham CP at the weekend was Psylla alni, probably our largest psyllid and associated with Alder. This one was rather randomly resting on a Walnut leaf, but given the excellent colour match with the leaf it was probably a good way of avoiding predators. #NorfolkPsyllid
A green psyllid, well camouflaged against a green Walnut Tree leaf.
June 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
vc28nature.bsky.social
First Psyllid of the Year on our hawthorn. Cacopsyla sp. - usually it’s C peregrina here but needs a closer examination to get the species. I’ll
Look for the nymphs @norwichbirder.bsky.social
May 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
rumwik.bsky.social
I just spooked a citrus psyllid off of my lemon tree and it flew into a web and a spider hurried over to claim it. Truly a beautiful moment of teamwork.
June 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
entsocamerica.bsky.social
A new study finds that mealybug destroyer beetles and Chrysoperla rufilabris lacewings show promising potential for biological control of psyllid infestations in citrus groves. entomologytoday.org/2026/04/30/t...
Two Generalist Predator Insects Show Appetite for Asian Citrus Psyllid Eggs
A new study finds that mealybug destroyer beetles and Chrysoperla rufilabris lacewings show promising potential for biological control of psyllid infestations in citrus groves.
entomologytoday.org
April 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
caryocatactes.bsky.social
A quartet from a Fig tree In Norwich. A parasatised Aphid, Leafhopper nymph, which may be Ficocyba ficaria, Picture Wing Fly (Palloptera muliebris) & the Mediterranean Fig Psyllid (Homotoma ficus) found by JE earlier this year. @norfolknats.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
bglckr.bsky.social
A Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid, Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula #photography #bugs
A photo of a white and brown speckled insect on a green leaf
May 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
galling.bsky.social
Gall of the week, maybe as prominent as last week's robin's pin cushion, is the tassel gall caused by a psyllid, Livia junci, on rushes, Juncus spp.
Photo by Tom Higginbottom.
June 25, 2026 at 9:29 AM