Here's something to look out for in NZ. Today Mike Bowie uploaded photos of a colony of red gum lerp psyllids that he found feeding on a eucalyptus tree in North Canterbury. It's the first time Mike had seen this species.

It's an Australian species that was first seen in New Zealand in 2017 and this is the first NZ observation on #iNaturalist.

The white circular juvenile "lerps" are distinctive.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/148215074

#psyllid #Aotearoa #NZ #BiologicalInvasions #insects