unid bug nymph

asheleaf · #1 (**permalink**) 27-07-2011, 08:19 AM

Would love to know what this is. It came of Water Forget-me-not yesterday, West Sussex. I think its some kind of hemiptera but I could easily be wrong.

hope someone can help :-)

Ashe

tristanba · #2 (**permalink**) 27-07-2011, 06:38 PM

is it a psyllid nymph?

asheleaf · #3 (**permalink**) 28-07-2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by tristanba

is it a psyllid nymph?

I was hoping you were going to tell me :-)

poschiavanus · #4 (**permalink**) 28-07-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tristanba

is it a psyllid nymph?

Yes.

White & Hogkinson (HIBI key to the nymphs) is utterly obscure until one gets an eye in.

Ashe's picture captures most of the 'macro' features. Unfortunately all the keys rely on micro features & require mounted specimens.

Nymphs of Trioza remota are probably the easiest to find (they should be a decent size by now), just check a few oaks. I think I persuaded Ukwildlifeo to take a macro photo last year, but I dont know if it found its way on here or on to his Flickr stream. I also noted lots of nymphs running over sallow leaves I'd collected for leaf-miners last autumn.

asheleaf · #5 (**permalink**) 29-07-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by poschiavanus

Yes.

White & Hogkinson (HIBI key to the nymphs) is utterly obscure until one gets an eye in.

Ashe's picture captures most of the 'macro' features. Unfortunately all the keys rely on micro features & require mounted specimens.

Nymphs of Trioza remota are probably the easiest to find (they should be a decent size by now), just check a few oaks. I think I persuaded Ukwildlifeo to take a macro photo last year, but I dont know if it found its way on here or on to his Flickr stream. I also noted lots of nymphs running over sallow leaves I'd collected for leaf-miners last autumn.

thank you very much. I wasn't expecting to get it to species, just had no idea what it was.

cheers, Ashe

asheleaf · #6 (**permalink**) 29-07-2011, 04:46 PM

PS a long shot - are there any psyllids particularly associated with Water Forget-me-not.

cheers again, Ashe

poschiavanus · #7 (**permalink**) 29-07-2011, 06:14 PM

There's a list of food-plants in the HIBI key to adults, but I don't have that one. (I bought the larval key 'cos it was cheap whilst browsing at Pembury Books: essentially in the noise for my purchases that day).

Unfortunately, I don't think Ecoflora have run through host plants for psyllids, so there is no obvious compilation on the web.