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Leafhopper

Description:

These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones. Leafhopper...family Cicadellidae

Habitat:

In a Buddleja americana plant. Semi desert.

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LuisStevens
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LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Jun 16, 2013
Submitted on Jul 2, 2013

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