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Photo#112005
hopper with parasite - Koebelia

hopper with parasite - Koebelia
Knowland Park, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
March 21, 2007
Size: 6mm

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hopper with parasite - Koebelia hopper with parasite - Koebelia

Koebelia
A leafhopper on pines in the west.

 
thanks again Andy
I'm learning that cicadellids are more variable than I thought...

 
Koebelia
That particular genus is just plain weird. Its only relative, an introduced species from the old world, is short and has a rounded head!

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