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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) » Fulgoroidea » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae) » Amyclinae » Amycle » Amycle vernalis
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crocodile fly - Amycle vernalis
Copyright © 2018 Dave Barker

crocodile fly - Amycle vernalis
29.797499, -100.998049, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
September 2, 2018
I made up the name "crocodile fly" because I think that the outline of the head looks like a croc and the veins on the wings have a reptilian-scale appearance. I don't even know if it is a fly, but I'm hoping someone out there will know what it is.

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crocodile fly - Amycle vernalis Amycle vernalis
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Contributed by Dave Barker on 16 September, 2018 - 10:35am
Last updated 16 September, 2018 - 12:11pm

Amycle vernalis
Identification provided by Aaron Hunt and Val Bugh
… Dave Barker, 16 September, 2018 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Dave Barker, 16 September, 2018 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Amycle vernalis
… Aaron Hunt, 16 September, 2018 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Aaron,
I think you have nailed it. Not a croc, not a fly, it's a planthopper.
… Dave Barker, 16 September, 2018 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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