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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 Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Cicadellini » Graphocephala » Incertae sedis (Graphocephala Incertae sedis) » Versute Sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta)
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Leafhopper 6 - Graphocephala versuta
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

Leafhopper 6 - Graphocephala versuta
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 1, 2008
Please see comments about color on the thumbnailed image below. These color differences aren't camera or computer related. I found these and several other hopper within minutes of each other and they all appeared different to the naked eye also. Any ideas if it is a species difference? Possibly age or sex difference? I read on another image here on BugGuide that the color shouldn't vary...


Both the green and red are more pale
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Contributed by Ron M. on 7 May, 2008 - 1:41pm
Last updated 21 May, 2008 - 10:05pm

Graphocephala versuta
Probably a freshly molted specimen that hasn't "colored up" properly yet.
… Andy Hamilton, 21 May, 2008 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again Dr. Andy!
Thanks again Dr. Hamilton! Thanks for helpig with all of my identifications today!
… Ron M., 21 May, 2008 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

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