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Treehopper

Membracidae

Description:

4 mm vibrant orange hopper

Habitat:

Yasuni National Park

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6 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Mayra!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantastic!

JasonCryan
JasonCryan 11 years ago

Karen is right....wings = adult !

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Hmm, wings yes, but color and transparency perhaps not. But I am not sure...

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks for the correction Dominik. Wouldn't the wings indicate this is an adult?

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

This is actually a treehopper, Membracidae. Might be a nymph.

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Parroquia Taracoa, Provincia de Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Dec 13, 2012

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