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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) » Membracinae » Hoplophorionini » Platycotis » Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
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Black and white striped with red dots and red eyes six legs seems like a white belly maybe young on oak tree. - Platycotis vittata
Copyright © 2016 Sheryldel

Black and white striped with red dots and red eyes six legs seems like a white belly maybe young on oak tree. - Platycotis vittata
Atlanta , Dekalb County, Georgia, USA
April 16, 2016
Size: 1/4 inch
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Contributed by Sheryldel on 18 April, 2016 - 5:49pm
Last updated 5 May, 2016 - 11:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 5 May, 2016 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

Please click on "edit"...
...and fix the location information (it looks as though the state may have been entered in the County field).

Thanks--and welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 April, 2016 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Having trouble
Yeah I'm having the hardest time trying to get the site to respond. Sorry about that.
… Sheryldel, 18 April, 2016 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
You're getting closer, but...
...now it says "United States of America County." I think you need to put "Fulton" there. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 April, 2016 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Senior moment and not a senior
Wow need to get my eyes checked that day I have no clue what I was thinking. But it's dekalb county.
… Sheryldel, 5 May, 2016 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

Oak Treehopper nymphs…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 18 April, 2016 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
Thanks I figured it would make me look silly since they are in an oak tree. 😃
… Sheryldel, 18 April, 2016 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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