Both adults and young feed on the melaleuca trees clear sap. Their favorite sap is inside soft, fleshy tips of melaleuca's newest stems and branches. Young seedlings are the most vulnerable and can be severely damaged by hungry psyllids. But the psyllids can also stunt the growth of bigger trees.
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