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Cuerna striata
Grassy areas, such as meadows
Hello. As bayucca pointed out, the red organisms on the back of the sharpshooter are not young, but mites. So I removed your spotting from the parental care mission. Best
Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae, Proconiini, Cuerna sp. I think we would need a closer picture and removing of the parasiting mites to get down to species level.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/467316/bgp...
Candy-striped Leafhopper looks like this:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/518/bgpage...