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Photo by NickKing
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small insect, I've never seen anything like it.

Habitat:

On a palm tree trunk in a garden.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Awesome spotting! I have removed this from the Flies! mission for you. It would be a great addition to The Hoppers mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096480
NickKing
Thanks for all the help, at least I know what it was now. I've looked into derbid planthoppers and I agree that getting down to a genus level would be very difficult let alone trying to find out the species. Thank you all for all the help I really appreciate it. I really love knowing what all the animals around me are.
ChunXingWong
Beautiful spotting! This is definitely a Derbid planthopper. Getting into the genus level is quite difficult.
bayucca
Wing shape, head, lacking of typical moth antennae do not indicate a moth. This pose is typical for Derbidae. But we have to be careful with these planthoppers. They slways are good for surprises. In this case I am quite confident, though.
folicallychalled
It looks like a species of plume moth, family Pterophoridae. Dave
bayucca
Should be a Derbid Planthoppee, Derbidae.

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