#Trioza #urticae is tied to stinging nettles as specific #hosts. They are perceived by other insects modtly in shades of gray and can harbor pathogenic bacteria.
#Psyllid #species spread the #bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, a plant pathogen native to North America infecting apiaceous and solanaceous crops. Sjölund et al (2018) provided a first evidence for #CLso in Trioza urticae in Germany.

© #StefanFWirth Berlin

Sources

M.J. Sjölund et al. (2018):
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41348-018-0187-z

Still a few minibeasts about: Issus coleoapterus (nymph), an unidentified springtail, a Trioza (most likely T. remota), and a tephritid fly (possibly Tephritis vespertina). I see these, and a couple of others, nearly every day. The triozid and the fly were both covered in ice crystals on Sunday.

#Nottingham #Trioza #Tephritidae #Collembola #Issus #planthopper