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Hopper - Rhynchomitra microrhina

Hopper - Rhynchomitra microrhina
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 9, 2005
I'm assuming it's a nymph?

Moved
Moved from Otiocerus degeeri.

what about..
A Derbidae? -Apache degeerii?? The head looks similar, but nymphs are difficult to id.

Maria Hartley

 
Derbid nymphs
Yes, probably Otiocerus (or Apache) degeeri, judging by the color and head shape. Derbid nymphs are supposed to feed on fungi under bark, so it is rare to find them just wandering around like this; but I suppose they have to, before they can molt and become adults.

Great shot of a rare beast!

Maybe
Fulgorid Planthopper - Scolops something?

 
Rhynchomitra microrhina
It seems I was wrong (again) because better pictures of this nymph have been taken (see 205426/bgimage) showing that the legs of more mature nymphs are longer than in this individual; the thorax behind the eye has paired longitudinal ridges; and the abdominal segments are chevron-shaped at the tip of the body. Apparently these characteristic Fulgorid characters only emerge in the last instar nymph. This nymph has recently been associated with the adult in TX.

 
It looks like you are changing your mind -
the reference to 205426 means that you have edited this comment in the last month or so. Should we be moving this image to Rhynchomitra?

 
thanks to all
I don't know why I missed Andy's comment earlier, but I've moved it now.

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