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Want a challenge? Help me I.D. these things infestingTianjin, China

My two-year-old daughter loves to dig in the dirt and play with the bugs, but I don't know if these ones are dangerous or not.

They can jump and fly short distances. They're in the vines and bushes. They sense the camera and move away, but they're not so fast that my daughter can't accidentally squish them when she tries to "touch" them (we don't let her squish bugs on purpose!).

If anyone has any info at all, even if you can just help me narrow down my search, I'd appreciate it!

PS - I would have put this in the ID Request section, but it said not to submit anything from outside North America. These things are all over our district in Tianjin, China.
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Contributed by Joel in China on 4 June, 2011 - 2:52am

Thanks! Follow up question...
Wow, you guys are good! But can anyone dumb it down for me? When I image search "Lycorma delictula" and "Lycorma olivacea" I get pictures of these these among pictures of bigger, winged bugs (cicadas?). If this is an immature form of something, what is that 'adolescent' form called? Is it a nymph? And is there a common name for these scientific names?

I've blogged this here (and shared the various search results): I.D.-ing the spring bug infestation in Tianjin, China

Thanks!
… Joel in China, 6 June, 2011 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Evidently, they are called cicadas locally...
However, they are actually planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae. What you photographed are the nymphs (immature stages). The ones with the wings are the adults.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 June, 2011 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

Lycorma olivacea?
Since Ken found the genus it helped me to find a photo on Flicker which looks like yours and it was called Lycorma olivacea.
… Ilona L., 4 June, 2011 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Gotta be!
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 June, 2011 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

If it were red, I'd guess
Lycorma delictula. Maybe yours is something similar (or perhaps an earlier instar)?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 June, 2011 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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