Avocado Lace Bug

The avocado lace bug, Pseudacysta perseae. This lace bug is 1/6 to 1/8 inch long, brown and yellowish-white in color. Legs and antennae are pale yellow. The life cycle requires 22 days.

Common host plants - Avocado, red bay and camphor.

For additional information on the avocado lace bug see the Featured Creatures Web site at http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fruit/avocado_lace_bug.htm

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