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Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
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Copyright © 2005
Barry Grivett
Oak treehopper -
Platycotis vittata
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
March 22, 2005
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Contributed by
Barry Grivett
on 24 March, 2005 - 10:34pm
Last updated 16 April, 2016 - 9:02am
Platycotis vittata
The nymphs, with their two divergent spines on the last thoracic segment, are highly distinctive, as is the color and shape of these adults. There is however lots of variation in adult color (often purplish-brown with pale flecks) and the process sticking forward from the back may also be absent in some individual adults.
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Andy Hamilton
, 30 March, 2005 - 7:30am
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Platycotis vittata
Thank you. I greatly appreciate your interest and information.
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Barry Grivett
, 3 April, 2005 - 11:45pm
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Thanks for sharing
What can I say, this is just a **** pretty bug. I appreciate seeing it. Thanks again.
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Kerry S. Matz
, 25 March, 2005 - 8:16pm
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****pretty bug
First time I've seen a treehopper outside the pages of a book. At first, there were only nymphs–which I now recognize as typical/characteristic. When I returned, there were young (newly emerged) adults and one becoming an adult (metamorphosing?). I raced home for my camera (plus a set of borrowed extension tubes) and recorded what you see; but, much as I would have liked I was unable to devote the time and attention to capture the intermediate transformation.
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Barry Grivett
, 27 March, 2005 - 12:11am
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