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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) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Buffalo Treehoppers and allies (Ceresini) » Stictocephala » Buffalo Treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia)
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Tree Hopper - Stictocephala bisonia
Copyright © 2011 Betsy Betros

Tree Hopper - Stictocephala bisonia
Doolitte Prairie, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 28, 2011
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Contributed by Betsy Betros on 20 August, 2011 - 8:49pm
Last updated 12 February, 2021 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Stictocephala taurina.
… Solomon Hendrix, 12 February, 2021 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 August, 2011 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 August, 2011 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

My amateur opinion...
I'm going to point to genus Ceresa...
… Alexandria D Szakacs, 20 August, 2011 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Ceresa taurina
large, pale spots on the crest
… Andy Hamilton, 22 August, 2011 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I think it could be called the "Starry starry night" tree hopper. All those spots look like stars!
… Betsy Betros, 22 August, 2011 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

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