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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Membracinae » Hoplophorionini » Platycotis » Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
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beatle, approx 5mm long x 3mm tall. Northern Calif. Trinity county. Hot summers, cold winters. Denny, California. New River. - Platycotis vittata
Copyright © 2007 darrell foust

beatle, approx 5mm long x 3mm tall. Northern Calif. Trinity county. Hot summers, cold winters. Denny, California. New River. - Platycotis vittata
Denny, Trinity County, California, USA
June 12, 2005
Size: 4-5mm long x 2-3mm high
summertime, hot, dry, along New River on granite w/moss. never seen one like this.
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Contributed by darrell foust on 9 August, 2007 - 2:35am
Last updated 16 April, 2016 - 9:09am

No,
this belongs in Hemiptera, superfamily Cicadoidea.
… Jim McClarin, 9 August, 2007 - 5:27am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, looks like
Platycotis vittata - Oak Treehopper in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2007 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
oak treehopper. Yesss!!
Wow! Very impressed! That is the exact creature I took the picture of.
I didn't even mention that it was in an oaken area.The link you gave was perfect, especially the picture "Treehoppers, nymphs - Platycotis vittata". Thank you John and/or Jane.
Darrell
… darrell foust, 10 August, 2007 - 3:26am login or register to post comments

Beatle?
Ah, my favorite group! (Actually, I'm a Beatlemaniac, so pardon the joke.) It certainly is a strange looking one.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 9 August, 2007 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

 
Strange. Yes.
almost looks mechanical. It's shell looked like it was one piece front to back. also looked hard and durable. but i didn't test that theory.Just took the picture and let it be.
… darrell foust, 9 August, 2007 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

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