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Common Green Planthopper

Siphanta acuta

Description:

About 1cm in length, jumped then flew away when disturbed.

Notes:

I assume it's some kind of leaf hopper.

1 Species ID Suggestions

reeoooe
reeoooe 12 years ago
Common Green Planthopper
Siphanta acuta


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4 Comments

Lovely hopper! I know this one as the Torpedo Bug. This would be a great addition to The Hoppers mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096...

sallyjomonster
sallyjomonster 12 years ago

Great! Thank you very much. :)

AshleyBradford
AshleyBradford 12 years ago

Cute little thing - I second that ID:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/43619/bgim...

sallyjomonster
sallyjomonster 12 years ago

Thank you reeoooe for the identification!

sallyjomonster
Spotted by
sallyjomonster

Escondido, California, USA

Spotted on Sep 20, 2011
Submitted on Sep 20, 2011

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