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What's that? The world is insane, but you need your wonderfully-alien-yet-beautiful critters?

Say. No. More. 😎

Welcome to the microscopic world of #whitefly pupae. Under your nose & on your plants, these tiny bugs are suckin' juices & lookin' snazzy [adults, not so much]

#Hemiptera #Aleyrodidae
Close up of a raspberry whitefly (Trialeurodes ruborum). It is a flat, shiny black, wrinkly oval with evenly spaced rays of white wax surrounding the body's edge. It's on a purplish red leaf. The insect in life is only a couple millimeters long. Close up of a whitefly pupa (Parabemisia myricae). It is a flat, shiny translucent green, wrinkly oval with evenly spaced flat rays of white wax surrounding the body's edge. It's on a green leaf. The insect in life is only a couple millimeters long. Close up of a whitefly pupa (Aleurochiton forbesii) from a maple bonsai. It is slightly raised off the leaf surface by wax like a small cake, and is brown and tan mottled with a roughened surface. It's on a greenish gray leaf. The insect in life is only a couple millimeters long. Close up of a whitefly pupa (Aleuroplatus). It is a flat, shiny black, wrinkly oval obscured by numerous wax plates coming out of the top, looking like white or translucent hard candy ribbons. It's on a green leaf. The insect in life is only a couple millimeters long.
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM