Citrus flatid planthopper nymphs #1

Frassed

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… Kyle Kittelberger, 23 May, 2021 - 11:39pm

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… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 9:53pm

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… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 9:49pm

My editions...

I have sent a few of the original 6 images to frass, as to eventually free up some space on the site. Thanks for your all's help! matt;-)

… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 9:26pm

Sorry I didn't see these comments

They're flatid nymphs. I commented on picture #5.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/64433/bgimage

If you take a look through the family images you can see they vary greatly. Even the same species can look totally different at different nymphal instars. These may be different stages, or even different species. They're not adults yet though, the adults have full wings while all of these still have wing pads.

… Natalie Hernandez, 10 August, 2009 - 9:00pm

Cool!

I looked, and yes there's a great degree of familiarity, there. I believe we've got it! It would also explain why--on a couple images that I didn't post--the planthoppers seemed to have been hanging around, too. Thank you all for your help!

… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 9:04pm

To everyone trying to help...

On #3, the leaves to the left of the stem are those of the host plant. Also, I've added 3 more images: #4 is a lone(?) female on a neigboring maple leaf; #5 shows a little more detail; and #6 are two mantises hanging out on the same bush a couple years ago--of the other pics of folks using this particular bush as a social club, this image gave the widest field of view of the bush. I could have taken a picture of the bush, solo, but it wouldn't have had a good close-up insect on it. Hopefully this will be helpful. I'm still trying to track down exactly what the plant is, but progress is slow. Thank you all!

… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 8:28pm

Adelgids?

I wonder if these are not adelgids? Knowing host tree would help immensely. Otherwise, really tough call.

… Eric R. Eaton, 9 August, 2009 - 5:29pm

Additional images for "Cotton club"

Eric I've added some images (see comment section under Image#1), perhaps this will help in the process.

… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 8:31pm

Adelgids...

...are only on conifers, I believe. Matt, if you can post an image showing the host plant's leaves, someone may recognize it. There are a number of different hemipterans that make white fluff like this (aphids, psyllids, mealybugs, scales), and these photos don't show enough detail to make it clear (to me) which these are, but as Eric says, the plant species may help.

… Charley Eiseman, 10 August, 2009 - 3:29pm

Additional images for "Cotton club"

Charley, I've put some more images in to help with plant identification. The addtional comment can be viewed under image #1. This doesn't appear to be a conifer (at least by the definition I remember from many, many years ago...

… Matt Norem, 10 August, 2009 - 8:30pm

I'm looking

It's actually more of a bush than a tree. The person who would know is no longer here, so I'll see what I can find out...may take a little while, but I'll look.

… Matt Norem, 9 August, 2009 - 6:15pm