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Acanalonia conica
5 mm green Acanaloniid Planthoppers (Acanaloniidae)
Semi rural backyard wildlife habitat
I've trained the critters in our yard well - they now come to me!
Spotted on Jun 25, 2012
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012
6 Comments
Thanks Francisco - good idea!
Karen, you could add it to the mission "mimetic animals of the world".
The hackberry emperors love me when I've been working in the yard a while - I had 3 on my at the same time the other day, all using there proboscises to lick the salts from my skin - it tickled like crazy! I've had red-spotted purples & american snouts doing the same thing! It's been around 100F here & 80% humidity - really icky!
Karen, you're so funny! Perhaps you're onto something with the sweat. I find more insects when it's hot and humid out. My least favorite weather ever!
Sweat I suspect! I think I am a great source of salts for the local butterflies & bugs!
Awesome shot of the wings. What do you use to train them :)