They are starting to diminish in numbers now from the first observation. I see them in a flimsy web here and there in the plant, not sure if these are cocoons as I know nothing about their reproduction. I have not seen a single adult on or around any of the 15 or so plants. Must try to catch an adult, perhaps at night. The Speckled lactura is a food source for predatory stink bugs and other predators. I need to compile the observations I have of the several observed predators.

I have been wondering where all the green lynxes were, I usually have an abundance of them earlier than now . Today I saw the very first ones of the year on several of my Gum bumelia. I must have seen 4 or 5 of them, all very tiny, and every one was in proximity to leafhoppers.