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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) » Iassinae » Gyponini » Gyponana » subgenus Gyponana (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana) » nymphs (Gyponana nymphs)
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Gyponana nymph and instar exoskeletons - Gyponana
Copyright © 2008 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Gyponana nymph and instar exoskeletons - Gyponana
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
June 18, 2008
Size: 1.5 to 8mm
This photo shows side by side comparison of the nymph and instar exoskeletons found at intervals up to day 21. Amazing how they are complete with antennae and spines on the legs. QUESTION: At what age will they be adults? I would like to take a final photo and release them.

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Oviposited eggs - Gyponana Oviposited eggs - Gyponana Obvious signs of hatching - note lowest slit 5-24-2008 - Gyponana Gyponana nymph - Gyponana Gyponana nymph, probably less than 2 days old - Gyponana Gyponana instar - Gyponana Gyponana instar - Gyponana 2d Gyponana instar - Gyponana Gyponana instar - age 21 - Gyponana Gyponana instar - age 31 - Gyponana Life Cycle of Gyponana - Day 34 - Gyponana Gyponana nymph and instar exoskeletons - Gyponana
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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 14 June, 2008 - 8:42pm
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Gyponana.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 12 October, 2017 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gyponinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 March, 2009 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

This is a great series
I'd love to see a shot of your jar set-up too - maybe in the equipment section if not suitable here.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 19 June, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Jar set-up
Hannah, I posted some photos in the equipment section. These Gyponana are still in the same Mason canning jar I used for the twig in which their eggs were oviposited. They literally position themselves on a soft green portion of host plant stem and stay there for days, so a smaller jar seems to suit them just fine.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 20 June, 2008 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
For other interested parties, here's a thumbnail link to those jars:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 June, 2008 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

This series just keeps getting nicer -
can't wait to see the adult. How are all the other twigs doing?
… john and jane balaban, 14 June, 2008 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, I can't wait to see the adult too...
...I just hope I can keep them alive long enough. In regards to the other jars...so far I have 4 with live bugs (2 have punctures on goldenrod with Oecanthinae, 1 had a splayed area on Mulberry with Miridae, and 1 had slits on Ash with Gyponana.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 14 June, 2008 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

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