Very odd bug - Acanalonia bivittata

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… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2008 - 3:04pm

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… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2008 - 8:05am

GREAT picture!!!!! I'm jealous.
It is a leafhopper nymph, but I have no idea which one. Someone will be along who can probably tell you which.

… Matt Edmonds, 3 July, 2008 - 4:53pm

Bugguide pictures

Thanks for the kind words on my planthopper nymph photo.

Truth be told, I'm a photographer rather than a bug expert.

Why do people post such small photos to the guide? I find them really hard to view. I tend to post much larger images, and let the system shrink them. Then, if somebody clicks on one, it expands and shows more detail.

Regards,

Duncan Champney

… Duncan C, 6 July, 2008 - 12:21am

You can only expand your own images

Lots of folks post larger images as you do, but the system shrinks them to 560 pixels and that's all anyone can see, except when looking at their own photos. Only you and the editors can see this image at more than 560. It is wonderful at 1200 though!!

… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 8:44am

Larger images

Interesting.

If the system keeps larger images on disk, why doesn't it give everybody the option to display them? It already allocates the storage to save the larger image, and if you had to ask to see a larger version it shouldn't be a big load on the system. (I'm a software engineer by trade so I think about these things.)

Regards,

Duncan C

P.S. I guess you're editors then?

… Duncan C, 6 July, 2008 - 12:20pm

Sorry, we don't know the answer to that one

Our thought was that it would tax the system to have dozens of visitors tapping into the larger pictures at the same time, but we aren't software engineers,so that could be a completely wrong interpretation. BugGuide 2.0 is nearing completion, and it may turn out that is one of the new features, but you'll have to contact John VanDyk at Iowa to find that out.

… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2008 - 1:06pm

Acanalonia bivittata

Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea), not leafhoppers (Cicadellidae), produce wax filaments.

… Andy Hamilton, 4 July, 2008 - 7:52am

Yes, great shot!

This is a nymph of Acanalonia, and with the dark brown color, we would suggest A. bivittata

… john and jane balaban, 3 July, 2008 - 6:19pm