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Metcalfa pruinosa

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Description:

It was on my deciduous hydrangea bush.

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Comments (3)

Steffi you are right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanalonia
I have a very similar spotting from Ohio: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6417390 . I think that they may be Citrus Flatid Planthoppers (Metcalfa pruinosa) http://bugguide.net/node/view/397732/bgimage
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PublishedJune 30, 2011

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