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Field Notes

Description:

A 6 leg insect with black and white stripes. Appears to have one red or orange spot on each side of the body.

Species ID Suggestions

Oak Treehopper nymph

Platycotis vittata

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LivanEscudero
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Comments (4)
KarenL
What a cool hopper! I have moved it to arthropods for you. Welcome to the community Christy!
gatorfellows
Yes it is a treehopper. You will need to change the classification from Other to Arthropods. Nice photo :)
LivanEscudero
One more thing, you can change the "starfish" symbol to the "dragonfly" as all insects are Arthropods. Also, by the way, welcome aboard Project Noah, this is a very cool first spotting.
LivanEscudero
You are right, this is an insect. It is a young or immature version (a nymph) of the Oak Treehopper. The two orange spots, if you are talking about the ones up front, are its eyes.
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PublishedMay 14, 2013

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