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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) » Cicadellini » Graphocephala » subgenus Graphocephala (Graphocephala subgenus Graphocephala) » Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
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very colorful recently emerged insect - Graphocephala coccinea
Copyright © 2015 Mike Atnip

very colorful recently emerged insect - Graphocephala coccinea
New Bedford, Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
June 8, 2015
This is probably just emerged, with a shell on the underside of the leaf. I have never seen anything similar to it.

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very colorful recently emerged insect - Graphocephala coccinea very colorful recently emerged insect - Graphocephala coccinea
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Contributed by Mike Atnip on 9 June, 2015 - 1:31pm
Last updated 14 August, 2019 - 8:11am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Graphocephala.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 14 August, 2019 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… John S. Ascher, 20 June, 2015 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Graphocephala, I presume.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 June, 2015 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
The wikipedia article for Graphocephala coccinea looks like a pretty close match, but I suppose there are similar species. I simply have never seen an insect in the woods so colorful (obviously a newbie!).
… Mike Atnip, 9 June, 2015 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Who needs Wikipedia when you've got BugGuide? :)
See this page for notes on identification, and then click on Browse to see some representative examples of each species.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 June, 2015 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Great info!
Hey, that is the type of material I need. It looks like coccinea is what I have, since it is the only one that can be blue. Thanks!
My son went back out and found some more and got better photos.
… Mike Atnip, 9 June, 2015 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

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