Spotting

Definitely not a cicada by the looks of it.
I believe it is a plant hopper but I don't know what family it is from.
Yes it is true that Delphacidae members have movable calcars at their hind legs and this specimen does not have a obvious one.
Something tells me that it's antenna is vital for it's identification because it seems that different planthopper family has different antenna "style".

dead specimen is disposed already :( sorry dungeonmaster.

the reason I don´t think any more on Delphacidae, is they always have a spur in the hind legs, wich is lacking in this insect. You can learn some about Hemipteroid families here http://www.entomology.umn.edu/museum/lin...

Hi, Dungeonmaster. It´s common in Dyctiopharida to have pointed head, but is not mandatory on the family. The "face" shape, on the other hand (pict. 2) is totally different to Cicadidae (cicadas have ridges on the face http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OusMDf5jiDw/StApgs...)

Still not 100% sure, either Cicadidae or Delphacidae, but agree with Nance about Dyctiopharidae.

ctsetan: sorry to be a pain, if you still have the deceased specimen could you try get more shots around the mouthparts and head/eye area

I looked at those also and thought the head was too pointed to be ctsetn's spotting. But I'm not the entymologist here. Great set of pictures for the task however.

Now I think more on a Dyctiopharid family, look at these pictures http://natureswow.com/bugs-hemiptera-2/d...
http://www.pbase.com/splluk/ecu09yrs_hom...

guys, this morning i realized the green bug (suspected cicada or leaf hopper) was dead from yesterday itself. Prey to spider maybe. But anyway i found it still stuck to the same spot. I have taken few more pics of the bug. I hope these pics will help you all with identification. :)

Juan, look at the front legs here... is this not a Cicada?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/759...

only pupae (the picture you referred to) need the modifications, adult Cicadas do not bury themselves.

the reason I´m very sure is not a Cicada (Cicadidae) is they have front legs modified to bury (fossorial) and this insect don´t have those modifications http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/642...

it could also be possible to be a Dyctiopharidae, but I can´t see well on the picture the structures for making a diference.

Sorry Nance and Juan, was actually talking to Juan there, referring to Delphacidae...
*blush*
off to bed with me then!

Nance: i think you may be onto something there, i've now gone from leaning to the cicada, to balancing on the fence. pity the (visible) eye is not present, it may have offered us a clue.

Cicadas are also capable of jumping btw, have you ever caught one and held onto it? some of the ones i have flick their back pair of legs (much like a grasshopper) in an attempt to escape.

ctsetan, while some newly emerged cicaidas are green and may be smaller than average, I'm going to agree with keith that this is one of the many clear winged planthoppers.

the green insect is not a Cicada, is a Delphacid plant hopper

Cicada- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
Leafhopper- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leafhopper
Earwig- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig

i would go with Cicada too... they do come in small greens. the back legs are that way cos it's dead.

ctsetan: how long was it, roughly?

Never seen a leafhopper with clear wings or whith wings that extend so far past the end of the abdomen (but then i have seen a cicada less than 20mm), so it doesn't mean they don't exist. altho on that point i have seen an earwig that was about 40mm and i believe some can grow to about 80mm

I think it also worth pointing out that cicadas and leafhoppers are from the same family, so taxonomically they are similar.

Still sticking with cicada!

Look at the back legs, they look almost like grasshopper legs used for jumping. We all know cicadas don't jump. I'm still going with plant hopper/leafhopper. Plus I never saw a cicada as small as an earwig!

are cicada's this much small? and are they really green? because here, the most common cicadas are dull colored.

it's definately a Cicada

Might be a plant hopper

cicada?