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Leafhopper

Photo by Latimeria
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Field Notes

Description:

Tan body with black spots on its wings, brown eyes.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

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Comments (5)

If you're interested, here is a great article on the strangeness of some treehopper anatomy - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7345/full/nature09977.html. It doesn't show the full text for non-subscribers, but it shows the abstract. And speaking of hoppers, I just found this online key to leafhoppers from Texas, maybe it will help some people who have submitted pictures to the mission: http://beaumont.tamu.edu/Research/Agroecosystems/Grapes/KeyToLeafhoppers.htm.
I agree! They're so diverse and just boggle my mind why some look the way they do. Nature is amazing!
Thanks, Cindy. I have some more images of hoppers to upload, so I'll be sure to tag them to this mission when I do. They're such an interesting group of bugs, it's a shame they get a bad rap for spreading some plant diseases.
Thank you for joining, Latimeria! You have a good grouping of hoppers!

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