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Tree Hopper

Graphocephala coccinea

Spotting Image 1

Description:

This is a tree hopper on one of my yellow banana pepper plants back in August 2010. Very agile critters about to take flight.

Habitat:

Backyard of my house near a pine/maple tree forest, in my garden on pepper plants.

Notes:

beautiful! (spreads its wings as it hops)

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago
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4 Comments

Crysta Perak
Crysta Perak 12 years ago

Thank you for the ID and I appreciate the comments as always.

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animaisfotos
animaisfotos 12 years ago

These are special. The colors are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

AshleyBradford
AshleyBradford 12 years ago

Nice one. This is one of the Graphocephala genus, but I'm not sure which species.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi crystaperak, nice treehoper! I hope you'll join The Hoppers mission and add your hopper spotting(s). http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096...

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Crysta Perak
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Crysta Perak

New Brunswick, Canada

Spotted on Aug 21, 2010
Submitted on Dec 21, 2011

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