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green planthopper

Dictyophara

Description:

Very small, clear winged something? ID help?

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8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Yes, Dictyopharidae, but beside a same one, I did not found an ID and usually you willmnot see any ID closer than family, besides some old and worn museum specimen.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Dictyopharidae? Nice spotting matthew!

Carol Milne
Carol Milne 11 years ago

Beautiful!

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 11 years ago

Well, Toshimi, now we know that the same animal is on both of our continents...

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 11 years ago

Very nice!

My similar spotting...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 11 years ago

Agreed not European, Bayucca...the one you pointed out is the same as my spotting but no definitive ID...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Probably the same one:
http://naturecloseups.com/posts/dictyoph...
Unfortunately you almost never find an ID for these one...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I would also say Dictyopharidae, but definitely not Dictyophara europaea, this ins only found in Europe.

MatthewKritzer
Spotted by
MatthewKritzer

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 9, 2013
Submitted on Feb 9, 2013

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