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Cacopsylla sp - Last stadium nymph Last week I found a small family of nymphs of some Cacopsylla sp on Salix cinerea. Turned out to be various stages of development, but no matures for ID ... oh well ... neat to see the shapes and colours of the little ones anyway ... <br />
This here image shows a last stadium nymph on a tooth pick.<br />
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Here is an older nymph (early in last stadium or maybe stadium before last?), with a view of the ventral side:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113939/cacopsylla_sp_-_older_nymph_with_ventral_view.html" title="Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph with ventral view"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/113939_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=9drWrVnMuY2LfLc2PTjBp1QPoeU%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph with ventral view More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha" /></a></figure><br />
Here is the same stadium more teneral still:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113941/cacopsylla_sp_-_older_nymph_still_teneral.html" title="Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph still teneral"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/113941_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=GHvezSZSfHcujaU0b2AYWfxmvcs%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph still teneral More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha,Teneral" /></a></figure><br />
Here are some younger nymphs:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113942/cacopsylla_sp_-_younger_nymphs.html" title="Cacopsylla sp - Younger nymphs"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/113942_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=DJ3nV7M2l2aiVDjacR5p9gJsqgo%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Cacopsylla sp - Younger nymphs The scale bottom right shows that the smaller nymph is just about 1mm.<br />
More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha" /></a></figure><br />
Compare here with the nymphs of the family Triozidae, that are notably different looking:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107290/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_nymph.html" title="Heterotrioza chenopodii - Nymph"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/107290_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=skv1zbjpb30YFsbV8pKwoi0EtgY%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Heterotrioza chenopodii - Nymph Fifth/last stadium nymph. The &quot;big&quot; one in this image is quite possibly the same individual:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107377/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_l5_and_l4_on_mm_paper.html<br />
More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107378/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_teneral_imago.html Geotagged,Heterotrioza,Heterotrioza chenopodii,La Palma (Canary Islands),Nymph,Psylloidea,Spain,Triozidae" /></a></figure><br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107377/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_l5_and_l4_on_mm_paper.html" title="Heterotrioza chenopodii - L5 and L4 on mm paper"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/107377_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=aQw1vLrtgzhchjE2KxSswPohfCU%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Heterotrioza chenopodii - L5 and L4 on mm paper Collage of (very mediocre images of) a 5th and 4th stadium nymph on millimeter paper for size.<br />
Better close op of a L5 (possibly same individual) here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107290/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_nymph.html<br />
More info here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107378/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_teneral_imago.html Geotagged,Heterotrioza,Heterotrioza chenopodii,La Palma (Canary Islands),Nymph,Psylloidea,Spain,Triozidae" /></a></figure> Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Cacopsylla sp - Last stadium nymph

Last week I found a small family of nymphs of some Cacopsylla sp on Salix cinerea. Turned out to be various stages of development, but no matures for ID ... oh well ... neat to see the shapes and colours of the little ones anyway ...
This here image shows a last stadium nymph on a tooth pick.

Here is an older nymph (early in last stadium or maybe stadium before last?), with a view of the ventral side:

Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph with ventral view More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha

Here is the same stadium more teneral still:
Cacopsylla sp - Older nymph still teneral More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha,Teneral

Here are some younger nymphs:
Cacopsylla sp - Younger nymphs The scale bottom right shows that the smaller nymph is just about 1mm.<br />
More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/113940/cacopsylla_sp_-_last_stadium_nymph.html Cacopsylla,Nymph,Psyllidae,Psylloidea,Salix cinerea,Sternorrhyncha

Compare here with the nymphs of the family Triozidae, that are notably different looking:
Heterotrioza chenopodii - Nymph Fifth/last stadium nymph. The "big" one in this image is quite possibly the same individual:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107377/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_l5_and_l4_on_mm_paper.html<br />
More info with this image:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107378/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_teneral_imago.html Geotagged,Heterotrioza,Heterotrioza chenopodii,La Palma (Canary Islands),Nymph,Psylloidea,Spain,Triozidae

Heterotrioza chenopodii - L5 and L4 on mm paper Collage of (very mediocre images of) a 5th and 4th stadium nymph on millimeter paper for size.<br />
Better close op of a L5 (possibly same individual) here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107290/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_nymph.html<br />
More info here:<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107378/heterotrioza_chenopodii_-_teneral_imago.html Geotagged,Heterotrioza,Heterotrioza chenopodii,La Palma (Canary Islands),Nymph,Psylloidea,Spain,Triozidae

    comments (3)

  1. Cool documentation and photos! The little blobs on their sides, are they undeveloped wings? Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Ferdy, yes those are the wing cases where the wings develop. Only at the last moult (to imago) the wings will be "released" and pumped up to full size. Posted 4 years ago
      1. Thanks! Posted 4 years ago

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