Lace Bug

Natural Habitat

Typically found on the undersides of leaves of various landscape plants and shrubs such as azaleas, rhododendrons, and oak trees.

Diet & Feeding

They feed on plant sap using piercing-sucking mouthparts, which causes stippling or yellow spotting on the upper leaf surface.

Behavior Patterns

They are often seen in groups; life cycle includes egg, several nymphal stages, and adult, with eggs often embedded in leaf veins and covered with a dark varnish-like substance.

Risks & Benefits

They are considered garden pests because they damage ornamental plants, causing leaf discoloration and aesthetic harm; they pose no physical risk to humans or pets.

Identified on: 1/8/2026