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Graphocephala coccinea
This small, brightly colored leafhopper is only about a quarter inch long.
I find candystripped leafhoppers on sunny leaves in forest openings, along wooded paths, and at the edges of forests.
These brightly-colored leafhoppers are tiny; about a quarter inch long, but can be surprisingly hard to see.
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it has frog's eyes. :) very nice :)
Hello Gordon, I started a mission that focuses on the hoppers. I'm hoping it will global rather than just the 300 mile radius of where I'm at. Regardless, I'd really appreciate you adding your hopper spotting(s). http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096... Thank you!
Yeah, I really need to go to the tropics and do some photography. So many colorful things there.
Looks tropical!
Beautiful little bug!
WOW!!!
Amazingly colorful!
very very nice.
Me too Ian, beautiful!
i love the vivid colors!
wow....incredible..never seen!
Spotting of the day!
"Leafhoppers communicate to each other by vibrating their abdomens—sounds too faint for humans to hear."
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Thanks, they are one of my favorite insects.
the colors are really unbelievable. Beautify combinations of colors.
Amazing colors. Indeed a candy to my eyes. Thanks for sharing.