Plant hopper of some sort - Acanalonia bivittata

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Acanaloniid Planthoppers (Acanaloniidae) » Acanalonia » bivittata group (Acanalonia bivittata group) » Two-striped Planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata) » Nymphs (Acanalonia bivittata Nymphs)

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Copyright © 2008 Stanley Lessig

Plant hopper of some sort - Acanalonia bivittata

Vandalia, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
July 10, 2008
Size: about 3/16 of an inch

I'm resubmitting this picture, from last evening, because it didn't show up in my sumitted images today. My lenghty explanation will now be abbreviated. I found this bug and one just like it on the flower stem of two hastas in my back yard. I believe it is some sort of plant hopper but not a leaf hopper (eyes are different and the long, spiked leg is not present.) There are two yellow ports/ducts that seem to be excreting the silk-like threads. I'm guessing this is for an egg shelter or for young to inhabit upon hatching. I had never seen anything like this, except for the eyes, which remind me of a tree hopper I once saw on my shed.

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Contributed by Stanley Lessig on 17 July, 2008 - 8:06pm
Last updated 16 October, 2008 - 5:11pm

Moved

Moved from Two-striped Planthopper.

… john and jane balaban, 16 October, 2008 - 5:11pm

Moved

Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 22 July, 2008 - 3:18pm

It's a plant hopper nymph. A

It's a plant hopper nymph. Aconalonia genus

… Matt Edmonds, 17 July, 2008 - 8:16pm

Acanalonia bivittata

A contrastingly marked specimen.

… Andy Hamilton, 22 July, 2008 - 8:31am

Plant hopper

Matt,

Thanks for the ident. Do you have any idea what the excretion is? When I visited one of my previous saved bug links, I saw what I believe was a photo of this same type of nymph, but the strands were just beginning to show (or just ending - not sure which.) But, the photo was so small, I could really be certain it was the same insect.

Do you know what this nymph will look like when it matures? Will it lose its crustacean-like appearance?

Thanks again for the quick ID. Apparently I missed the notification that the image was too large when I submitted it yesterday. This is now half-sized of the original.

Stan
ohiostatebugeyes.com

… Stanley Lessig, 17 July, 2008 - 8:47pm

Sorry Stan, I'm not a bug expert, but if you post this question in the forum section someone will be able to answer it I'm sure.

… Matt Edmonds, 18 July, 2008 - 7:58am

You can see adults and other nymphs

on the guide page here.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 July, 2008 - 9:01pm

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