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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) » Smiliinae » Polyglyptini » Publilia » Publilia modesta
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Treehoppers - Publilia modesta
Copyright © 2007 Kerry S. Matz

Treehoppers - Publilia modesta
Fremont, (N38°27.849'W111°36.475'ele7310'), Wayne County, Utah, USA
August 18, 2007
An ant tended group on Chrysothamnus.

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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 21 August, 2007 - 7:54pm
Last updated 31 August, 2007 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Treehoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2007 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Publilia modesta
Is it possible to get better close-up shots of the nymphs? Side views are preferred.
… Andy Hamilton, 22 August, 2007 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID.
This session was shot "plein air" with breezes. Whenever I tried to move plant parts for a better shot the ants would grab adults or nymphs and simply jump off the plant. I've added two images that are close to lateral, might get a chance to revisit the location and get some improved shots.
… Kerry S. Matz, 22 August, 2007 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
revisit?
If you do get a chance to go back, watch for other color forms of the adult; related species may be black in front, or have green sides to the crest. Thanks for the additional photos of the nymphs - see comments under those.
… Andy Hamilton, 23 August, 2007 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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