Small uncertainties

November 18, 2016  •  Leave a Comment

Mystery insect, homeMystery insect, home

Ordinarily, I would never offer an image of a creature I couldn't even come close to identifying, but when I spotted this striking and tiny insect—the lavender color is genuine and not a result of a Photoshop trick—I wanted to highlight it here, if for no other reason than I'm happy to leave plenty of room for mystery... and for the subsequent learning and investigation necessary to solve an ID puzzle. I think it belongs to a group of true bugs known as Psyllids, which are known for their destructive, plant-juice-sucking behavior. But alas, my usual go-to source of wisdom, the matchless Internet site called BugGuide.net, is temporarily offline, and another fine site, Psyllids of North America, didn't have a photo in their collection that matched "my" insect, so I'll just have to live with some uncertainty for a while. There are worse things.


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