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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) » Cixiid Planthoppers (Cixiidae) » Oecleus
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Cixiid at porch light - Oecleus
Copyright © 2009 Eric R. Eaton

Cixiid at porch light - Oecleus
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 19, 2009
Very active little insect. How I managed to get this shot I'm not sure. Pretty certain it is in the family Cixiidae, but I have no idea after that.
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 20 May, 2009 - 7:09pm
Last updated 4 June, 2009 - 9:40pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2009 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

Oecleus
The hind legs lack spines on the sides, and the head is elevated above the plane of the thorax.
… Andy Hamilton, 26 May, 2009 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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