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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) » Coelidiinae » Teruliini » Jikradia » Jikradia olitoria
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mystery leafhopper - Jikradia olitoria
Copyright © 2015 Martha O'Kennon

mystery leafhopper - Jikradia olitoria
Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
October 21, 2015
It was a balmy night so I decided to go out and practise looking for things in the dark. The little LED light must have attracted this little fellow because all of a sudden it had landed on my hand. I managed to take this picture one-handed and was shocked that it came out as well as it did.

I've often seen these leafhoppers but have never identified one. Can you help? Thanks in advance.
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Contributed by Martha O'Kennon on 22 October, 2015 - 8:54am
Last updated 23 October, 2015 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2015 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John!
Thanks John!
… Martha O'Kennon, 23 October, 2015 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

Coelidia olitoria, methinks
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… metrioptera, 22 October, 2015 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
That makes sense. I had quit
That makes sense. I had quite a few of the little big-eyed froglike Coelidia nymphs earlier, August for example. In fact that is when I had seen the adult before. Just didn't make the connection. Thanks for pointing it out. I noticed that a few of the C. olitoria in this guide were labeled by sex, mostly females. Can you clue me as to how to sex them?

I also saw one submission where the contributor said it was very much attracted to light, which is what this one picked up on.

Thanks again, Metrioptera!
… Martha O'Kennon, 22 October, 2015 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

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