Unknown tree bug - Umbonia crassicornis

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These are treehoppers and possibly species Umbonia crassicornis. The other image is a nymph. Please unlink the two pictures. The only time images should be linked is if they are of the same individual.

But, I am not an expert on the identification. Please wait for Dr. Hamilton to comment.

… Sam Houston, 12 July, 2009 - 11:09am

Umbonia crassicornis

They were grouped together, so I assumed that they were the same?

… catherine, 12 July, 2009 - 1:52pm

Linking images

The general rule is only to link images of the same individual. Since this photo is of multiple individuals, I don't personally see any harm in keeping the other one linked, since it does seem to be the same species, and was a member of the same group of bugs as you say. I don't know that I'm stating the majority opinion here though. You can always add cross-referencing links between the images when in doubt.

By the way, if you crop your images more closely, you will improve your chances of our treehopper/leafhopper expert seeing them as he scans through the thumbnails. You can upload a cropped version by clicking "edit." Really neat looking bugs!

… Charley Eiseman, 12 July, 2009 - 1:57pm

I cropped

the images

… John R. Maxwell, 12 July, 2009 - 2:23pm

Treehoppers

Here are some that we have filed under Umbonia crassicornis that look similar

All the others seem to be green with orange stripes, rather than yellow with green stripes, so I wonder if these are really the same species? Hope Dr. Hamilton can clear that up.

… Charley Eiseman, 12 July, 2009 - 11:14am

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sorry, duplicate comment.

… Sam Houston, 12 July, 2009 - 11:07am