Cacopsylla peregrina
A very common psyllid found on hawthorn. Initially green in spring, it becomes orange, brown and black as the season changes to summer, Adults are hard to identify, but the nymphs have a brown streak on the wing-buds.
The are several similar psyllids
Submit photos of nymphs showig brown streaks on wing-buds. Adults require examination of genitalia to determine, and if you are recording an adult we recommend that you have it verified beforehand by an expert from a specimen or clear microscope photos.
Hawthorn
Very common (British Bugs website, May 2025)
Not known; probably very under-recorded due to difficulty of identification
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
30 April 2025
Nymph, with brown streaks on wing buds; on hawthorn
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
30 April 2025
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
30 April 2025
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