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This little guy is so small! It measured about 1/8" wide!!! I was lucky to see it at all. From afar, it looked like a white dot on the leaf.
Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 10 weeks into the rainy season.
Spotted on Jul 2, 2012
Submitted on Jul 7, 2012
15 Comments
Really wonderful! Nice shots chief!
Very good Chief! Quite possible!
I wish I knew what this was! Thanks Mayra!
Beautiful!
I will take both of your advice and remove the name of this spotting.
I would also say it is some kind of a planthopper or derbid hopper.
It sure could be J. However, I have not seen any hoppers in my area with antennae yet.
It actually looks like a hopper to me, the facial appearance looks much like a hopper.
Thanks Forest! I hope it is a Whitefly, because a moth I.D. in this territory would be difficult!!!
By the way, wonderful spotting. This is a really pretty little insect.
I would bet that this is actually a species of Whitefly, Family Aleyrodidae. They resemble moths and are quite tiny.
Here are ones from the USA:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7055
I couldn't believe it myself Karen!
Awesome spot!
Thanks Mayra!
Beautiful!