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Planthoppers (superfamily Fulgoroidea, infraorder Fulgoromorpha)
Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae family)
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Tropiduchid Planthoppers (Tropiduchidae family)
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| Tropiduchid planthopper (Pelitropis rotulata). ID thanks to Vassily Belov. Durham, NC, 9/29/21 |
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Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae family)
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Planthopper
(Haplaxius pictifrons), Durham, NC, 6/15/14. ID thanks to
John S. Ascher.
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Cixiid planthopper (Haplaxius pictifrons), Durham, NC, 6/11/22 |
Cixid planthopper (Melionarus placitus), Durham, NC, 5/10/20 |
Cixiid planthopper (Melanoliarus placitus), Durham, NC, 6/15/12. Genus ID thanks to Brad Barnd, and species ID to Solomon Hendrix. |
Cixiid planthopper (Melionarus placitus), Durham, NC, 7/11/17 |
Cixiid planthopper (Melanoliarus aridus),
Durham, NC, 6/30/12 |
Planthopper (Bothriocera genus). ID thanks to Vassily Belov. Durham, NC, 6/23/17. |
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Delphicid Planthoppers (Delphicidae family)
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| Planthopper (Criomorphus genus), Durham, NC, 3/11/12 |
Planthopper (Criomorphus genus), Durham, NC, 11/20/20 |
Planthopper (Criomorphus genus), Durham, NC, 10/16/21 |
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Derbid Planthoppers (Derbidae family)
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Derbid Planthopper (Otiocerus wolfei), Durham, 9/13/07 |
Mating planthoppers (Mysidia mississippiensis), Durham, NC, 6/25/17 |
Planthopper (Mysidia mississippiensis), Durham, NC, 6/30/17 |
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Dictyopharid Planthoppers (Dictyopharidae family)
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| Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina), Durham, NC, 7/30/20 |
Dictyopharid
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina), Durham, NC, 8/2/15 |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina), Durham, NC, 7/19/20 |
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Issid Planthoppers (Issidae family)
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Issid Planthopper (Thionia bullata), about 4 mm long.
Durham, 9/26/08. ID
thanks to
Andy Hamilton. |
Issid planthopper (Thionia bullata), Durham, NC, 8/30/14 |
Issid planthopper (Thionia bullata) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/22/15 |
Issid planthopper (Thionia quinqata) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/4/21 |
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Acanaloniid
Planthoppers (Acanaloniidae family)
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| Acanaloniid Planthopper (Acanalonia conica), Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange
County, NC 7/22/07 |
Acanaloniid Planthopper (Acanalonia conica), Durham, NC, 7/24/15 |
Acanaloniid Planthopper (Acanalonia
bivittata), Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC,
8/28/05. |
Acanaloniid Planthopper nymphs
At least some planthopper nymphs eventually cover themselves with some
filmy white material for camouflage. They show up on struggling plants.
However, sometimes Wheel Bug nymphs catch on -- and catch them.
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| Acanalonid
planthopper
nymph, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC, 7/15/07. This
bold nymph looked ready to use fight rather than flight. This little
insect was about 1 mm long. |
Acanaloniid
planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/22/15 |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 7/5/22 |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, without "tail," and also in an unnatural environment. I wonder if there's a connection! Durham, NC, 6/28/19 |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, Durham,
6/30/08. Note the ridges in the rear part (where the white "tail"
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Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/11/19 |
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Acanalonid planthopper nymph, showing where the white stuff comes out.
Durham, NC, 7/7/08 |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/31/16 |
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Flatid Planthoppers (Flatidae family)
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| Citrus Flatid Planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa), Durham, NC, 7/26/21 |
Citrus Flatid Planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa), Durham, NC, 10/26/20 |
Adult
Citrus Flatid Planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa), NC Botanical Garden,
Orange County, NC, 7/17/09 |
Adult Citrus Flatid Planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa), Durham, NC,
8/15/09. This one had seen a lot of action, looked like an old rug
up close. |
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| Flatid planthopper (Flatormenis proxima), Durham, NC, 6/16/24 |
Flatid planthopper (Flatormenis proxima), Durham, NC, 6/24/22 |
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| Flatid planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/9/21 |
Flatid planthopper nymphs,
Durham, NC, 6/13/15.
The white stuff is growing in multiple places on its body. |
Flatid Planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 7/6/07.
You can see a couple of little legs near the top. |
Flatid Planthopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/8/09 |
Flatid Planthopper nymph (dorsal view, head on
bottom) in full camouflage regalia.
Head is at bottom, "tail" at top. Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham
County, NC, 6/20/06 |
Flatid Planthopper nymph (ventral view), Durham, 7/13/06 |
Wheel Bug nymph (late instar) eating what appears to be a Flatid Planthopper
nymph. Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access,
Orange County, NC, 6/23/05. |
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (superfamily Cicadoidea, infraorder
Cicadomorpha)
Cicadas (family Cicadidae)
Male cicadas make a very loud grating alarm sound by vibrating
their tymbals, membranes in their abdomens. We first hear dog-day
cicadas
buzzing during the first really hot days of summer. In 2007, that
wasn't until early August, when the temperature soared above 100º F many if not
most days of that month. Dog-day
cicadas are apparently named for their tendency to emerge into buzzing adulthood
during the most stultifying heat of the year. On the other hand, May 2011
was the month 13-year periodical cicadas emerged and they are expected to be
gone in a month.
Thirteen-year Periodical Cicadas
(Magicicada tredecim)
April 24-May 21, 2024
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| 13-year Periodical Cicada and exuvia, Durham, NC, 5/2/24 |
13-year periodical cicada, wings still drying and unfolding, Durham, NC, 4/25/24 |
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| Thirteen-year periodical cicada
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County, NC, 5/10/11. |
Thirteen-year
periodical cicada, recent metamorph, Penny's Bend Nature
Preserve, Durham County, NC, 5/10/11. |
Thirteen-year periodical cicada
exuvia and adult. Notice the tiny beetle? on the exuvia. Eno River
State Park, Orange County, NC, 5/18/11 |
Thirteen-year
periodical cicada: adult and exuvia, Penny's Bend Nature
Preserve, Durham County, NC, 5/10/11. |
Thirteen-year
periodical cicada with damaged wing, Penny's Bend Nature
Preserve, Durham County, NC, 5/10/11. |
Thirteen-year
periodical cicada exuviae, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham
County, NC, 5/10/11. |
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| Mating
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Possible Seventeen-year Periodical Cicada
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Southern Dog-day Cicada (Tibicen davisi)
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Southern Dog-day Cicada, Lake Crabtree County Park, 9/12/02. |
These mating Southern Dog-day Cicadas fell out of a Durham, NC tree on 8/3/08. |
Southern Dog-day Cicada, Durham, 7/27/05.
This noisy, lively, rather large cicada appeared on my deck at night. |
This Southern
Dog-day
Cicada
had caught its wings on
grass blades trying to take off. You can see all four wings here.
Durham, 9/22/07 |
Southern Dog-day Cicada,
Durham, 8/21/06.
This cicada was full of vim and vigor on the deck that night, buzzing
wildly and noisily around. To judge from the noise produced, this
was definitely a male. |
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Southern Dog-day Cicada fighting off a
Cicada Killer
attack, Indian Creek Trail, Chatham County, NC, 8/2/05. The cicada
was very noisy as the two bounced around for quite some time. |
Cicada nymph, most
likely a Southern Dog-day Cicada. You can see a wing pad on its
side. Durham, NC, 8/11/10. This nymph had only a little clay
on it, on the pronotum. |
Probably a Southern Dog-day Cicada
nymph, Durham, NC, 8/15/07. You
can tell from all the clay stuck to this nymph that it recently came up
out of the ground. |
Treehoppers
(family Membracidae, superfamily
Cicacoidea, infraorder Cicadomorpha)
Thornbug (Umbonia
crassicornis)
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| Thornbug, Museum of Life and Science,
Durham, NC, 6/6/05. This is a tropical insect imported by the Museum. |
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Treehopper (Telamona monticola)
Members of this genus eat oak leaves.
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Treehopper (Telamona monticola, formerly thought to be T. decorata), with what appears to be an early instar
true bug nymph, which apparently was attacking it.
Durham, NC, 5/6/09. |
Same treehopper departing with nymph.
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Oak Treehoppers (Platycotis
vittata)
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| Oak Treehopper,
Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, NC, 5/22/08. That's a
pants leg it's hanging onto. |
Oak Treehopper, the dark type, Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature
Preserve, Moore County, NC, 1/9/13 |
Oak Treehopper, the dark variety, Durham, NC, 12/14/12 |
Oak Treehopper
nymph, Duke Forest, Korstian Division,
Orange County, NC, 5/3/06. This is the only one of its species and probably its genus I'd
ever seen. Nevertheless, Stephen Cresswell, who identified it,
apparently sees them all the time! |
Same
oak treehopper nymph, dorsal view. |
Enchenopa binotata complex
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| Treehopper, Boone Gardens, Watauga County, NC, 7/2/18 |
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Campylenchia latipes
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Treehopper, Occoneechee Mountain, Orange County, NC,
10/4/07. |
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| Ant with a treehopper (Campylenchia latipes), Johnston
Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 6/10/06. Carpenter ants
cultivate treehoppers for their honeydew. |
Treehopper (Cyrtolobus genus)
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| Treehopper (Cyrtolobus vanduzii, Smiliini tribe, Smiliinae subfamily), Larkspur, Marin County, CA, 5/7/16. Genus and species ID thanks to Solomon Hendrix; subfamily ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
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Buffalo Treehopper (Ceresa
alta)
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| Buffalo Treehopper, Durham, NC, 3/8/22 |
Buffalo Treehopper, Durham, NC, 12/23/20 |
Buffalo Treehopper,
Durham, NC, 6/26/11 |
Buffalo
Treehopper, Durham, NC, 6/16/08 |
Buffalo
Treehopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/14/14 |
Buffalo
Treehopper nymph, Durham, NC, 8/8/21. Ailing after heavy rains. |
Entylia carinata
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| Treehopper,
Durham, NC, 5/10/08 |
Treehopper, Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, NC, Watauga County, NC,
7/8/11 |
Treehopper, Durham, NC, 5/9/21 |
Treehoppers (Entylia carinata): one adult, several nymphs, and one molting, with an attending ant. Durham, NC, 9/15/23 |
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Microcentrus genus
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| Treehopper (Microcentrus genus), Durham, NC, 11/5/23 |
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Acutalis tartarea
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| Treehopper (Acutalis
tartarea), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, 6/20/08 |
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Leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae, superfamily Cicadoidea, infraorder Cicadomorpha)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Stirellus bicolor
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Stirellus bicolor, Durham, NC, 8/21/09 |
Japanese Maple Leafhopper (Japananus hyalinus)
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| Japanese Maple Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 11/3/20 |
Japanese Maple Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 11/17/18. ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth |
Japanese Maple Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 10/30/20 |
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Scaphytopius genus
Species IDs uncertain
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| Leafhopper (Scaphytopius nigrifrons), North Carolina Botanical Garden, 9/27/14 |
Leafhopper (Scaphytopius latus) |
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Balclutha impicta
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Durham, NC, 6/24/09. A tiny leafhopper, only 2 mm long, and very
lively. Photo was taken at night. |
Leafhopper (Balclutha impicta), Durham, NC, 5/10/18 |
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Macrosteles quadrilineatus
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| Leafhopper nymph and adult, Durham, NC, 8/15/07. These were two of hundreds
of such leafhopper in what used to be a swamp in my neighborhood before a currently long
drought. The leaf they were on belonged to one of many succulent
plants with yellow flowers. |
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Texananus genus
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| Leafhopper, Texananus genus, probably longipennis species. Peaks of Otter, Bedford County, VA, 8/21/18 |
Leafhopper (Texananus genus, Iowanus subgenus,
species either longipennis or majestus, Durham, NC, 9/13/07. Genus
and subgenus ID thanks to
Andy Hamilton. |
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Deltocephalus sonorus
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| Leafhopper (Deltocephalus
sonorus)
and exuvia, Durham, NC, 6/16/08 |
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Exitianus exitiosis
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| Leafhopper, Carolina Beach, NC, 6/26/08. ID thanks to
Andy Hamilton. |
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Scaphoideus genus
Adults
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Durham, NC, 7/5/10. Photo taken at night. |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 6/15/08.
Photo taken at night. |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 8/10/08 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 6/13/09. Photo taken at night. |
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| Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph on Common Milkweed. Durham, NC, 6/6/22 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/31/23 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/26/21 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/23/20 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/22/21 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/13/22 |
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| Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus), Durham, NC, 6/13/21 |
Leafhopper nymph (Scaphoideus titanus), Durham, NC, 7/5/17. |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/17/20 |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus intricatus) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/30/23 |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/23/20 |
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Bandara genus
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| Leafhopper (Bandara johnsoni), Durham, NC, 8/14/08 |
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Orientus genus
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Japanese Leafhopper (Orientus ishidae) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/6/09 |
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Subfamily Aphrodinae
Xestocephalus genus
Subfamily Typhlocybinae
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| Leafhopper
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Leafhopper (Erythroneura
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Subfamily Evacanthinae
Evacanthus ustanucha
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| Leafhopper,
Craggy Mountain, Macon County, NC, 7/8/05. These leafhoppers were common in the wooded side of the mountain near
the summit, although I've never seen them
anywhere else. According to Andy Hamilton, who IDed it (and in fact named the species in 1983), it has only been seen seen on Mt. Mitchell
and Chestnut Bald (in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains) before. See relevant BugGuide page.. |
Two-spotted Leafhopper (Sophonia orientalis)
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| Two-spotted Leafhopper (Sophonia orientalis). ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. Durham, NC, 12/6/20 |
Two-spotted Leafhopper (Sophonia orientalis), Durham, NC, 12/9/23 |
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Subfamily Cicadellinae
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
(Homalodisca vitripennis)
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| Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 6/16/24 |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 8/2/20 |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 6/24/22 |
Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 5/9/20, not quite adult |
Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
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| Glassywinged Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 6/28/24 |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter nymph, perhaps the same one, farther along, 7/2/24 |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 6/20/20 |
Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 6/20/20 |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 7/11/20 |
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Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona)
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| Broad-headed Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 5/18/24 |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter, Boone, Watauga County, NC, 8/1/21 |
Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 6/30/16 |
Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 7/6/17 |
Sharpshooter, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC, 9/23/13 |
Sharpshooter, Durham, NC,
7/6/07 |
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| Broad-headed Sharpshooter Nymph, Durham, 6/20/05. Freshly emerged from a
molt. |
Late-instar nymph of a sharpshooter species. I saw an adult try to protect a
nymph by moving next to it and placing its leg over it, but couldn't get
a photo. |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 5/18/21 |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 6/11/21 |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 6/21/14 |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph, Durham, NC, 7/4/12 |
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Speckled Sharpshooter (Paraulacizes irrorata)
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Sharpshooter, Durham, NC, 5/18/08 |
Draeculacephala zeae
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Durham, NC, 6/13/05. Found on leaves of
cattails in my neighborhood swamp. This ITIS recognizes the
validity of this taxon. |
Leafhopper,
Ocracoke, Hyde
County, NC, 5/10/06. This leafhopper showed up on the beach near
the water. |
Sibovia genus
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| Yellow-striped Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria), Durham, NC, 7/9/21 |
Yellow-striped Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria), Durham, NC, 7/12/20, on Common Milkweed. |
Yellow-striped Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria), Penny's Bend Nature
Preserve, Durham County, NC, 4/20/06 |
Yellow-striped Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, 7/30/05 |
Versute Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta)
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta), Durham, NC, 6/28/22 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 6/11/22 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 6/26/16 |
Leafhopper, Jordan Lake Gamelands, Chatham County,
NC, 7/12/15 |
Leafhopper, Durham, 6/30/08. |
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala genus) nymph, Durham, NC, 11/1/23 |
Leafhopper nymph |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/11/19/ |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/13/21. Perhaps very early instar. |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 6/1/21. Perhaps very early instar. |
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Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
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| Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 11/3/20 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 8/21/08 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 11/13/17 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 5/31/15 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 3/12/14 |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), Durham, NC, 2/6/21 |
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Rhododendeon Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi), Linn Cove Viaduct Visitors Center, Avery County, NC, 8/12/19. ID thanks to Kyle Kittelberger. |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi), Boone, Watauga County, NC, 6/30/18 |
Leafhopper
(Graphocephala fennahi), Linn Cove Viaduct Visitors Center, Avery County, NC, 7/1/10 |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi), Boone, Watauga County, NC, 6/28/14 |
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Subfamily Macropsinae
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Leafhopper (Oncopsis citra) |
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Subfamily Coelidiinae
Jikradia olitoria
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Leafhopper, Durham, NC,
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Leafhopper, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham
County, NC, 8/12/07 |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria), Durham, NC, 8/28/23 |
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Leafhopper nymphs (Jikradia
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| Same leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/16/24 |
:Leafhopper nymph (Jikradia olitoria), Durham, NC, 9/24/23 |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/12/23 |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/4/21 |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph, Durham, NC, 6/18/22 |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/1/22 |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria), Durham, NC, 6/11/22 |
Leafhopper
nymph, Durham, NC, 7/1/15 |
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| Leafhopper nymph, Boone, Watauga County, NC, 6/28/18 |
Leafhopper nymph, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC,
5/21/09 |
Leafhopper nymph, Penny's Bend
Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC, 5/24/08 |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/16/18 |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 4/29/20 |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/11/21. Very lively. |
Leafhopper nymph, Durham, NC, 5/11/21 |
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Agalliopsis ancistra
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| Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 5/9/20 |
Mating Leafhoppers, Durham, NC, 5/16/20 |
Leafhopper, Durham, NC, 6/29/21 |
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Subfamily Gyponinae
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| Leafhopper (Gyponana cacumina), Durham, 8/11/06.
A large leafhopper, about half an inch long. Taken at night. |
Leafhopper (Ponana punticollis), about 10 mm long. Photo taken at night in
Durham, NC, on 8/17/10. |
Subfamily Idiocerinae
Idiocerus
lunaris
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| Leafhopper (Idiocerus
lunaris), Durham, NC, 5/1/07 |
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Mystery Hopper nymphs
Awaiting ID
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| Mystery hopper, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve,
Durham County, NC, 6/15/07 |
Exuvia
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| This leafhopper exuvia got left behind at Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC on 7/15/06 when a leafhopper molted. |
Froghoppers/Spittlebugs (superfamily
Cercopoidea, infraorder Cicadomorpha)
As nymphs, they are known as spittlebugs because of their
bubbly disguise; as adults they are known as froghoppers.
Aphrophoridae family
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| Froghopper (Aphrophora saratogensis), Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC, 6/8/17. ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
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Diamond-backed Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis, Cercopidae family)
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| Diamondback Froghopper,
Durham, NC, 10/12/12 |
Diamond-backed Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) adult,
Asheville, NC, 7/9/05. This was at most half an inch long. |
Diamond-backed Spittlebug adult, Durham, 7/18/05. Probably the same kind of froghopper as the one
on the left. Does kind of have that froggy look! |
Diamond-backed Spittlebug, Durham, NC, 8/28/08 |
Common Meadow
Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
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| Common Meadow Spittlebug. ID
thanks to Andy Hamilton. This color is unusual for the species.
Natural Bridge area (roadside, ~1000 feet in elevation), Rockbridge
County, VA, 7/8/09. |
Common Meadow Spittlebug. ID
thanks to Andy Hamilton. This is a common coloring in this
somewhat variable species. Harkening Hill, Peaks of Otter
Recreational Area, Bedford County, VA, 7/9/09. |
Meadow Spittlebug, the nymph form of froghoppers, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road
access, Durham County, NC, 6/23/05. |
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Two-lined Froghopper (Prosapia bicincta)
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| Two-lined Froghopper, Durham, NC, 8/24/09 |
Two-lined
Froghopper, Macon County, NC, 8/9/05. |
Two-lined
Froghopper, Durham, 9/23/05. Found
in my local marsh on a cattail leaf. |
Two-lined Froghoppers, Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, New Hanover
County, NC, 6/23/06 |
Clastoptera genus,
Clastopteridae family
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| Froghopper (Clastoptera obtusa), Julian Price Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC,
7/7/11. ID thanks to Kyle Kittelberger, confirming tentative ID by Andy Hamilton. |
Froghopper (Clastoptera obtusa), Durham, NC, 12/14/21. |
Froghopper (Clastoptera obtusa), Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC, 1/13/14. Genus ID for these two confirmed by Vassily Belov. |
Froghopper (Clastoptera obtusa), Durham, NC, 2/2/14. |
Froghopper, Durham, NC, Durham, NC, 7/6/20 |
Froghopper nymph (Lepyronia quadrangularis), Durham, NC, 6/2/18 |
Froghopper (Lepyronia quadrangularis) nymph, Durham, NC, 5/13/22 |
Froghopper nymph, Indian Creek Wildlife
Observation Trail, a Jordan Lake Game Land, Chatham County, NC, 4/19/06.
This insect was about ¼ inch long. |
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