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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 Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Iassinae » Gyponini » unidentified nymphs
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Leafhopper nymph?
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Leafhopper nymph?
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 16, 2008
Size: under 1/4 inch
At first I though this was a leafhopper, but when I looked at the image at 100%, I noticed the longish, wispy antenna and a strong resemblance to a super miniature Scudderia furcata. Could this be a very early instar of the Fork-tailed Bush Katydid?

(The red pointy thing behind its tail is a leaf margin tip from a Himalayan blackberry, not from the insect.)
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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 27 November, 2008 - 10:48pm
Last updated 18 November, 2020 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Ponana pectoralis.
… Solomon Hendrix, 18 November, 2020 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… John R. Maxwell, 2 March, 2009 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Gyponinae?
I'd guess it's a leafhopper in subfamily Gyponinae, something like this one

but for now you might try moving it to Cicadellidae (or Hemiptera), where Andy Hamilton would be more likely to see it. I think he checks ID Request regularly, but this one is easy to miss since the thumbnail image just looks like a sea of green.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2008 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Ponana pectoralis
Yes, a young one.
… Andy Hamilton, 2 March, 2009 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

No.
If not still a cicadellid nymph, then maybe a psyllid nymph. Andy Hamilton would know for certain. Scudderia katydid nymphs look nothing like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 November, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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