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Family Psyllidae
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This page contains pictures and information about White Lerp Insects that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Diameter
3-4mm
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- The white
materials on gum leaves, known as lerps, are the coverings of insect nymphs
that live and feed underneath. The insects suck the plant sap and use the
excess starch to make those lerps. There are also the excess sugar, or the
honey dews, that make the ants like to attend for them.
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- The Lerps Insect adults
are winged and look like a very small treehopper. This White Lerps Insects
can easily be found on Gum tree leaves in Brisbane.
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- Reference:
- 1. A
field guide to insects in Australia - By Paul Zborowski and Ross
Storey, Reed New Holland, 1996, p86.
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