Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Tiny

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Europe

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Box Suckers are tiny sap-sucking insects that live in and on the leaves of Boxwood trees. They feed by piercing the leaves and sucking out the sap, which weakens the trees and can make them more susceptible to disease.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Psyllidae

Genus

Psylla

Species

Psylla buxi