reticulated plant hopper

Nice..

Wonderful! Please add this to The Hoppers global mission :)

Cool. Another name for these critters is "lantern fly" or "lantern bug" (Fulgoridae). They are actually very primitive and voiceless cicadas (this photo makes that more clear: http://www.flickr.com/photos/botalex/3113418141/). Like a lot of sap feeders they excrete excess sugars as honeydew, in this case in a waxy form. Yours appears to be younger, as older forms are often completely covered in wax. Very, very cool find.

That is amazing. I've seen some wild-looking planthoppers before, but not like this!