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Chaetophyes compacta
Tube Spittlebug
About 11mm long. Nice green time-trial cycle helmet. No spines on rear legs.
On fine stems of Eucalyptus microcarpa in a large nature reserve.
order: HEMIPTERA
suborder: AUCHENORRHYNCHA
infraorder: CICADOMORPHA
superfamily: CERCOPOIDEA
family: CLASTOPTERIDAE
subfamily: Machaerotinae
tribe: Enderleiniini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Nov 6, 2014
Submitted on Nov 6, 2014
10 Comments
Thank you very much, Mark! This one is just too beautiful not to have part of the collection :)
Done. Sorry I missed it somehow.
Hi Mark, please consider adding beauty this to The Hoppers mission :)
Thank you KrishnaMurthy. I am not a photographer so it is very much just good luck.
wonderful capture.....
:-)
Thanks Stephen. 'Tis the season to hang out the light and white sheet.
It is a nice series.You and Leuba are taking some nice shots
Thanks Jolly. I deleted 90% today but these worked out. Gotta love these digital cameras. I just noticed this has some great colour in the wing covers.
Very nice detailed macro. Awesome series Mark.