Sugar Lerp Psyllid, Glycaspis sp.
Late December 2009
Mount Wellington/kunanyi
Sugar Lerp Psyllid, Glycaspis sp.
Early March 2013
Huonville
Found, and photographed, indoors.
Glycaspis sp.
Mid April 2014
Fingal
Identification thanks to Gary Taylor
Lerp partially lifted to reveal nymph. Returned to its original position at the end.
Late August 2022
Carleton River
Glycaspis sp.
Late February 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Identification thanks to Gary Taylor
Sugar Lerp Psyllid, Glycaspis sp. nymph
Late March 2010
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
Late March 2015
Wentworth Park, Howrah
Small orange nymph at lower left, and large brown shed exuvium centre left.
Moth fly attracted to (and drawing attention to) the early stages of lerp contruction.
Late July 2018
Wentworth Park, Howrah.
Mid March 2019
Ulverstone
Early February 2021
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/nipaluna
Early October 2022
Bridport
Late December 2022
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart/nipaluna
Eggs and lerps
Mid January 2013
Tullah
Mid January 2013
Tullah
