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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) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Proconiini » Homalodisca » Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis)
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Sharpshooters mating again (Oncometopia?) - Homalodisca vitripennis
Copyright © 2006 Charles Weber

Sharpshooters mating again (Oncometopia?) - Homalodisca vitripennis
Plantation, Fort Lauderdale County, Florida, USA
September 17, 2006
I took a similar shot recently and posted it here on the guide, I am wonding if these are the same genus and species as my previous and exactly what genus and species they are. I watched them mate for a while, they are great at avoiding my camera lens in unison! Also, I am sorry about the quality of this image, the other is much better, but I was happy that he put that spiked stinger looking thing out in the air and starting spraying some kind of liquid, it was very interesting to say the least.

Charles

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Contributed by Charles Weber on 17 September, 2006 - 11:54pm
Last updated 17 July, 2008 - 7:14pm

Moved
Moved from Homalodisca.
… john and jane balaban, 17 July, 2008 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Homalodisca vitripennis, Glassy-winged sharpshooters.
Definitely looks like a pair of Homalodisca vitripennis, Glassy-winged sharpshooter. Speckled head pattern; yellow and brown eyes; location also matches.
… Emile, 25 November, 2007 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Homalodisca sp.
This is a pair in the genus Homalodisca, maybe even the infamous glassy-winged sharpshooter.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 September, 2006 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

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