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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Psylloidea » Psyllidae » Psyllinae » Cacopsylla » americana complex (Cacopsylla americana complex)
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Tiny Bug - Cacopsylla
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Hart

Tiny Bug - Cacopsylla
Mouth of the Elwha River, Clallam County, Washington, USA
March 4, 2009
Size: 5 mm ?
Happy to have these frassed if there's too little to go on. Up here, this was one of the first days this year with a high-enough air temperature, low enough wind speed and sun for photos.
These tiny bugs remind me of miniature cicadas, at least the head. Probably about 5 mm in body length.
I've added photos that show--barely--some potentially relevant details.

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 4 March, 2009 - 5:07pm
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 12:08am

Moved
Moved from Cacopsylla.
… Chris Mallory, 6 February, 2016 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Psyllidae.
… v belov, 9 January, 2015 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

More photos
and video:

Psyllids on ONH
… Stephen Hart, 13 March, 2009 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

More photos
Also see:
… Stephen Hart, 5 March, 2009 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

Host plant?
...could be an important clue for further ID.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 March, 2009 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Hooker's Willow?
I'm going to go with this guess, based on Pojar and Mackinon's Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast. I'l get more as the year goes on.

I've added a couple of photos.

Salix hookeriana, apparently widely used by local tribes for fishing lines and various other "strings."
… Stephen Hart, 4 March, 2009 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

Psyllidae
pls don't frass
… v belov, 4 March, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Should I go back
Should I go back Friday (the next sunny day predicted) and try to collect some? I didn't have a killing jar with me today. If I can, I could get some photos with the dissecting scope--and an accurate measurement.
… Stephen Hart, 4 March, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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