Lace Bug

Found on the undersides of leaves of various trees and shrubs including azaleas, oaks, and sycamores.

Herbivorous; they use piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on the sap of host plants, causing stippling or bleaching of leaves.

Lace bugs are typically found in clusters under leaves. They undergo incomplete metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult) and are known for their intricate, lace-like wing patterns.

Primarily a landscape pest that can cause aesthetic damage to ornamental plants; they do not bite humans or pets and have little ecological benefit other than as a food source for some predatory insects.