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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Alebrini » Alebra
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Pennsylvania Leafhopper for ID - Alebra
Copyright © 2021 Jim Eckert

Pennsylvania Leafhopper for ID - Alebra
Port Clinton Fire Tower, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 28, 2021
Size: 4 mm
What is the strange dark appendage apparently coming out from the center of abdomen? I don't see this feature in any leafhopper anatomy diagrams. Is it an artifact?. It does appear in other images as well. On a sheet with a Bioquip UV black light.

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Contributed by Jim Eckert on 30 July, 2021 - 9:59pm
Last updated 7 August, 2021 - 1:14pm

Moved
Moved from Typical Leafhoppers.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 7 August, 2021 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

Yes, the ovipositor
My guess is that it sticks out just as a chance result of the same process that caused the legs to stiffen at unnatural angles. Maybe muscles contracting as it dies.
… John Schneider, 3 August, 2021 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

That’s the female’s ovipositor
Not sure why it’s sticking out
… BugIdentifier, 31 July, 2021 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

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