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Candy-Striped Leafhopper

Graphocephala coccinea

Notes:

I spotted this pair of tiny beautiful bugs on my sunflowers! They were emitting something from their abdomen that looks like a spark during the day light. Looking closely, I could actually see something shoot a couple of inches away from them. In one of the photos above, I managed to capture the bubble of whatever it was on the bug. I believe this is a male and female pair; all of the single photos are of the one I think is the male. (It was larger and brighter than the other.) **I'd like to add that weeks after these were spotted, I am still finding them on my sunflowers every day!

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2 Comments

Nice spotting. Please consider adding to the global mission, The Hoppers: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096...

RobThacker
RobThacker 9 years ago

Nice leafhopper

Mustang, Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on May 30, 2014
Submitted on Jun 3, 2014

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