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magnification. They feed by puncturing plant material, often blossoms, and sucking out the cell contents. Injured ...

side. Spider mites feed by sucking the contents out of leaf cells, causing a mottling, stippling ...

the cell contents. Injured blossoms often turn into distorted fruit. When feeding on flowers, affected ...

and sucking out the contents. This produces small yellow-white spots on the upper leaf surface. In heavy ...

nymphs. Leafhopper adults and nymphs pierce leaf cells and suck out the contents. Each feeding puncture ...