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Photo#1803886
tiny insects
Copyright © 2020 Jim Moore1

tiny insects
Rachel Carson Conservation Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 19, 2020
Size: 1 millimeter?
Hoping there might be enough to ID the two small dark and light banded insects above the lily pad planthopper – Megamelus davisi. These were on a lily pad in a pond surrounded by deciduous forest and a meadow.
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Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 24 April, 2020 - 12:44am
Last updated 21 September, 2020 - 11:02pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Solomon Hendrix, 21 September, 2020 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

just a guess
but given the very small size, the shape, and color pattern
… Steve Scholnick, 25 April, 2020 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the suggestion Steve. I'm still not sure which end of the insects in my photo is the head, so I know this is a longshot, but was hoping the habitat would narrow things down sufficiently.
… Jim Moore1, 27 April, 2020 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Megamelus davisi.
… Jim Moore1, 25 April, 2020 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 25 April, 2020 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks, but I have already submitted the davisi sighting for this location to bugguide with other photos. I'm hoping for an ID of the two smaller insects just above the davisi in the center of the photo.
… Jim Moore1, 25 April, 2020 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
ahh okay
sorry my bad!
… Kyle Kittelberger, 25 April, 2020 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
A leafhopper, e.g. something similar to this: https://bugguide.net/node/view/18115?
… Jim Moore1, 24 April, 2020 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

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