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I found this Citrus flatid planthopper nymph on the berlandier ash sapling in the hedge in the west front yard on May 9, 2017. The insects poke their rostrums (their straw-like mouth parts) into the stems of a variety of tree species and drink the juice. Both the nymphs and adults produce waxy secretions, and in addition the nymphs create the cotton-looking substance that it uses for protection and camouflage. I can't let that berlandier ash grow much where it is, so I don't mind if insects make use of it.
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