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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 » Dictyopharid Planthoppers (Dictyopharidae) » Orgeriinae » Orgerius
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Salticus and hopper - who's the latter? - Orgerius
Copyright © 2009 Ron Hemberger

Salticus and hopper - who's the latter? - Orgerius
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
August 25, 2009
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 26 August, 2009 - 6:19pm
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 2:52pm

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… Ron Hemberger, 28 September, 2009 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Orgerius
Awesome photo, Ron! I love multiple-species shots. Pretty certain your hopper is one of the Orgerius. I've gotten to photograph quite a few of them around my place:



The one I photographed above doesn't look much like yours, but I have other photos I haven't posted of one with a very similar coloration -- mottled gray with black markings. I don't know how much time you had to observe this guy, but they are really fascinating! They have an odd upright posture and they walk with a kind of jerky pace accompanied by the constant tapping of their long, exploratory front legs.

Oh, and that's a beautiful spider too.
… Harsi S. Parker, 26 August, 2009 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

 
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I didn't see the hopper, Harsi, until the photo hit the computer. Wish I'd have focused (literally) on it instead of the spider. Was doing a lens test and didn't quite get the kind of macro images I'd expected.
… Ron Hemberger, 26 August, 2009 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

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