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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora » Subgenus Plesiommata (Aphrophora Subgenus Plesiommata)
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Some kind of leafhopper? - Aphrophora
Copyright © 2009 Natalie McNear

Some kind of leafhopper? - Aphrophora
Marin County, California, USA
August 30, 2009
Size: 8 mm

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Some kind of leafhopper? - Aphrophora Some kind of leafhopper? - Aphrophora
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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 18 September, 2009 - 7:40pm
Last updated 2 April, 2017 - 1:21am

Moved
Moved from Aphrophora.
… v belov, 2 April, 2017 - 1:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Natalie McNear, 19 September, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert...
but check out Meadow Spittlebug: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7452
… John Pearson, 18 September, 2009 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the reply!
The Meadow Spittlebug does look very similar. The main differences I can see are that the wings on my insect are more pointed and not covered with fine hairs (at least that I can see in the photos), and also the thorax is shaped a bit differently.
… Natalie McNear, 19 September, 2009 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus Aphrophora
Check out Genus Aphrophora. I recall Dr. Hamilton saying this is very similar to the Meadow Spittlebug, but is characterized by the pitted surface rather than fine hairs.
… Dann Thombs, 19 September, 2009 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That appears to be a match! None of the ones I see on here look like mine, though. Even one that came from my county (see here) looks nothing like the one in my photos. Hopefully it will be possible to narrow down a certain species from these photos.
… Natalie McNear, 19 September, 2009 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

 
If it's anything like the Mea
If it's anything like the Meadow Spittlebug, the color can be variable to a great degree, making it very hard.
… Dann Thombs, 22 September, 2009 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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