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Sharpshooter Leaf Hopper

Apogonalia stali

Description:

Precious little Leaf Hopper about 6 mm long on a plant with tiny orange flowers. Family Cicadellidae.

Habitat:

Forest of the Calakmul Biosphera Reserve.

6 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Thank you triggsturner :)

triggsturner
triggsturner 9 years ago

Wow, great looking bug, nice images.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Thank you Mark, your parrots ate all the brightly colored Leaf Hoppers.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice outfit. Most of ours our so dull. I wonder why we got such bright parrots.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

Thank you bayucca for the identification. Love this little guy.

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae, Cicadellini, Apogonalia stali.
http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/...
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2283/13191...

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Campeche, Mexico

Spotted on Feb 20, 2015
Submitted on Mar 31, 2015

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