Lace Bug

Natural Habitat

Found on the undersides of leaves of various trees and shrubs including sycamore, oak, and azalea.

Diet & Feeding

Piercing-sucking mouthparts used to feed on plant sap from the undersides of leaves.

Behavior Patterns

They exhibit a slow-moving nature and often live in colonies; they undergo incomplete metamorphosis from nymph to adult.

Risks & Benefits

Generally harmless to humans but can cause aesthetic damage to plants, such as stippling or yellowing of leaves; they serve as a food source for other predatory insects.

Identified on: 1/8/2026