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Cowbug / Treehopper

Oxyrachis Tarandus

Notes:

The cowbug Oxyrachis tarandus is recently recorded as a pest of Withania somnifera plant from India.

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10 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

thanks Ashish for useful link,,

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks Satyen,,

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Nice find!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

This surely Tricentrus sp.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Sachin here is your Genus....
http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Membracidae%...

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks Yogesh, Argy Bee & Ashish, ID updated,,

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Sachin your 2nd and 4th pictures are fantastic...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Tri-horned Planthopper

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

I like they way it rests with splayed legs... mimicking a spider maybe ??

YogeshSave
YogeshSave 11 years ago

Horned Treehopper...

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, India

Spotted on Nov 1, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012

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