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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 Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Phlepsiini » Texananus
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Critter needs ID - Texananus
Copyright © 2013 B.U.G.S

Critter needs ID - Texananus
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 10, 2013
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Contributed by B.U.G.S on 12 April, 2013 - 1:44am
Last updated 23 April, 2013 - 11:02am

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… v belov, 23 April, 2013 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Cropped and moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.

Please click on "edit" and fill in the date field with the date of your sighting.

This is a leafhopper nymph of some kind. Our hopper expert, Dr. Hamilton, will be able to tell you more.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 April, 2013 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

 
Texananus
Several other photographers (e.g., Photo#728049) have shown how these nymphs arch their tails over the back so the spines provide protection.
… Andy Hamilton, 23 April, 2013 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thank You
Enjoy macro-photography here in Tucson come across some strange critters.
… B.U.G.S, 15 April, 2013 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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