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Issid planthopper

Gergithus variabilis

Photo by Adarsha B S
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天蛾、天蠶蛾、籮紋蛾、鉤蛾、帶蛾圖鑑

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Comments (18)
Adarsha B S
Thank you Bherat :) Thank you so much Jemma :)
Bhagya Herath
yep but even one photograph its great cheer up.....
Adarsha B S
And thank you so much bherath! Unfortunately i saw it only once!
Adarsha B S
Completely agree with you Agnes! Awesome links and you have nice tricks to ID a species..I have edited it too :)
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
One of the links says its common name is Scoop Wax Cicada (when page was translated from Chinese to English).
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
Strangely, when I checked out Harum's spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/31649091, and googled its ID, the result showed the image of your spotting Adi: It is an Issid Planthopper, Gergithus variabilis - http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9505/x81.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/jawaka0/7363944938/ http://gaga.biodiv.tw/new23/cp03_41.htm Distribution includes India - http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/5713.pdf Regards.
HarumKoh
hello! this one look like my plant-hopper photo. I'm from Japan. :))
Adarsha B S
Thank you sckel and well offcourse, ha ha ha :) May be he s doing diet, that we dont know :P
Sckel
Insect pretty cool. Hopefully you can get an ID. Note: Their clothes are not serving, maybe could start a diet.

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