Lace Bug

Typically found on the undersides of leaves of various landscape plants, especially azaleas, rhododendrons, and pieris shrubs.

Herbivorous. They use piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap from the underside of leaves, causing chlorotic spotting (stippling).

They are active during the warmer months and often leave behind distinct dark, varnish-like fecal spots on the undersides of leaves. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis from nymph to adult.

They are agricultural and garden pests that can cause significant aesthetic damage to ornamental plants and weaken them over time. They are generally harmless to humans and do not bite or sting.