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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

this little insect landed on my leg as we were piranha fishing. the photos are zoomed in and cropped for a closer look to help with ID

Species ID Suggestions

Leafhopper

Family Cicadellidae

Comments (6)

It's some kind of leafhopper nymph. You can see its wingpads, they look pretty developed, so it's probably a later instar. I wish I had some keys or resources about Brazilian insects, but sadly, I do not. Try searching around on google images and other places. It might be tough, the leafhoppers aren't as popular as butterflies or grasshoppers, so they're tougher to identify. But not impossible!
a flea? a small grasshopper? hmmm, interesting. I'm curious to hear Latimeria's take on it when he sees it
then it should be a specific sort of a flea - i bet on that. (no idea which one specifically, though...sry)
Its like small Grasshopper. I find similar insects sit on my shirt while boating at seashore. They are harmless.
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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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