Friend or foe?

Promethius · Post by **Promethius** » December 5th, 2021, 11:09 am

I’ve seen a few of these around the garden. They seem to appear where near minor leaf damage, and I assume they’re foe rather than friend. I generally leave them alone, or flick them away.
Despite a thorough Google, I can’t figure out what they are. Any ideas?
The last picture shows the underside of an affected leaf, with what I assume are progeny.

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Promethius · Post by **Promethius** » December 5th, 2021, 3:24 pm

Actually, the first several photos seem to be of the leaf underside. Serves me right for using the phone app, I guess?

Stevie_B · Post by **Stevie_B** » December 5th, 2021, 4:41 pm

Yep I got ‘em as well. They like my figs too

Sno · Post by **Sno** » December 5th, 2021, 9:16 pm

Looks to me like two different bugs . The ‘ underside ‘ leaf photo looks like thrips . The other image kind of looks like a type of wooly leaf hopper .

terryb · Post by **terryb** » December 6th, 2021, 11:35 am

Sno wrote: ↑December 5th, 2021, 9:16 pm Looks to me like two different bugs . The ‘ underside ‘ leaf photo looks like thrips . The other image kind of looks like a type of wooly leaf hopper .

Agree with Sno, that these are different and the 'underside' leaf photo probably shows thrips. A zoomed in image may help with ID further.

The other image is a nymph of the green planthopper

Promethius · Post by **Promethius** » December 6th, 2021, 2:37 pm

Much appreciated!

Unfortunately any image zoom is limited to what my phone can manage. Who knows - perhaps I've been good enough this year to score a late December upgrade.

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