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Broad-headed Sharpshooter

Oncometopia orbona

Photo by LisaPowers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Turquoise and orange leaf hopper

Habitat:

Rural yard attracted to light trap.

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Comments (23)

Spectacular! Beautiful colors too. Congratulations Lisa.
Congratulations Lisa, this is beautiful. I love the eyes.
Hey Lisa, this beauty is photo of the day on National Geographic's Great Nature Project page today! Check it out: http://www.greatnatureproject.org/ Congrats!
Ornamental! Wonder why they're called sharpshooters
Thanks Gilma, Yasser, sofiar1, surekha, Atul, vivianpoma, Adarsha and Rieko!
Unbelievable. What a beauty Lisa!
Beautiful hopper. I love hoppers.
Thanks SatyenM and Harsha Singh! It was a pretty little thing :-)
Whoa! Beauty! Amazing colors. I love it, Lisa!

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