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Issid Planthopper

Description:

a nymph - overall length approximately 3mm... and that long feather-like plume of 'fibre optics' emerging from its rear end are actually abdominal filaments of ketoester wax... which are produced from special glands on the abdominal terga.!

Habitat:

house plant within suburban residential area

Notes:

Hemiptera; Issidae; Issinae

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Richard Ong
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Richard Ong

Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Spotted on Nov 2, 2019
Submitted on Nov 4, 2019

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