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Cicadellidae
1cm very powerful hopper. brown and wingless with legs that would suggest Membracoidea family
On plants in a small garden beneth an Ironbark tree. Probably hopped off its twig due to a disturbance or joyful abandon
so far all searches of the keys come up against the need for wings to make the next step in identity
Spotted on Jan 18, 2014
Submitted on Jan 18, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Mark The legs I think put us into Cicadellidae. (Leafhoppers) and I have changed the id. Probably not spittlebugs This guy was a jumper with a capital J. I am sure I have seen this one somewhere when I was browsing the keys but it may have had wings as you say. My download speed is fossil slow so hunting through the keys is a bit of a task.
I like the translucency. The winglessness may be due to it being a nymphal form. The shape of the head doesn't suggest Membracids to me. (best known for their 'enlarged and ornate pronotum'). Maybe more like Cicadellidae - leafhoppers? spittlebugs? froghoppers?