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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) » Spissistilus » Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper (Spissistilus festinus)
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Treehopper - Spissistilus festinus
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Treehopper - Spissistilus festinus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
August 3, 2004
Not great focus, but I was wondering if the red coloring makes this a different species than the ones already ID'd here?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 27 January, 2005 - 3:55pm
Last updated 20 November, 2007 - 10:18am

My Treehopper Buggie
on 3/34/2005 before getting in my car i pulled off my jacket,when i stop at the light i feel something craling on my arm.It was a tiny light green bug.I said OH WOW and blew it off, then i look down at the stree to see it again it was gone.As i was driving i notice it again it was on my hood. I said to my self poor little cuite bug. Now i'm turning to get on the freeway.Guess what it did not blow off the bug move under the hood right in front of my window. I drove 4 miles. When i got home it was still there. I went in the houes and got a jar to put it in. Then i found you web sit and the bug. It was a green treehopper. I keep it over night and took it back to work,and set it free. I told one of my co-worker about it.She put it back in the Jar and gave it to her firend who teaches school. And she share it with her class. It"s a Bug Life HEHEHE
… Andrea, 25 March, 2005 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

three-cornered alfalfa treehopper
Spissistylus festina, showing the characteristic breadth between the wing bases, and the reddish line down the sides of the back.
… Andy Hamilton, 22 February, 2005 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

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