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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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Platycotis vittata; Oak Treehopper - Platycotis vittata
Copyright © 2016 Crawlies with Cri

Platycotis vittata; Oak Treehopper - Platycotis vittata
Trail, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
November 1, 2016
Size: ~10mm
Little hopper got blown out of the oak tree yesterday - along with most of the leaves. Offered it an Oak Leaf and it climbed up and hung on for dear life.
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Contributed by Crawlies with Cri on 2 November, 2016 - 11:11am

Moved to Oak Treehopper
Moved from ID Request.

Its very short posterior tarsi are distinctive.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 2 November, 2016 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

Nice
Really nice photo
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 2 November, 2016 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks! S/he was much more amenable to being photographed once I gave h/er the leaf. They are gorgeous little arthros!
… Crawlies with Cri, 2 November, 2016 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

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