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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Megamelus » Common Waterlily Planthopper (Megamelus davisi)
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Nymphlike critters on floating leaves - Megamelus davisi
Copyright © 2017 Jennifer Drummond

Nymphlike critters on floating leaves - Megamelus davisi
Houston Arboretum, Harris County, Texas, USA
February 2, 2017
Size: 1mm
Anybody have an idea what these might be? Wingless, which is why I'm assuming they're nymphs, but they were great little jumpers.

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Contributed by Jennifer Drummond on 28 September, 2017 - 1:19pm
Last updated 16 February, 2022 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Megamelus.
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Moved
Moved from Delphacinae.
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Megamelus davisi while waiting on an expert.


I think I see the paddle-like extension in this picture.

BTW - these are adults. They are just short wings. Look closely and you can see the wing venation.
… Ron M., 28 September, 2017 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep, looks like a match
Heh. Thanks. That's what I get for thinking I know something. Though the back of my mind *was* at least saying Hemiptera! I love the way they somehow look like colorized electron micrographs.
… Jennifer Drummond, 28 September, 2017 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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