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Flatidae nymph
A white, hairy bug with short antennas. Seemed to have 6 legs, but I'm unsure as to whether it does (the hair can be quite misleading). Was about 1 inch long. Crawled pretty quickly - covered 3/4 of a palm sized leaf in less than 2 seconds. Upon further observation, it seemed to hop and jump very quickly from place to place, almost like it was flying. It could hop around a foot away from it's original location in a flash.
Secondary Tropical Rainforest. Was found crawling among dead leaves on the forest floor.
The bug seemed to shed a couple pieces of it's white hair while it crawled.
Spotted on Jan 28, 2015
Submitted on Jan 29, 2015
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