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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Buffalo Treehoppers and allies (Ceresini) » Stictocephala » Stictocephala taurina
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Membracidae - Stictocephala taurina
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Membracidae - Stictocephala taurina
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 17, 2008
I'm sorry I did not get a photo from the front.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 17 March, 2009 - 9:03pm
Last updated 30 July, 2017 - 12:15pm

Moved
Moved from Ceresa.
… MJ Hatfield, 21 March, 2009 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

Ceresa taurina
The large, pale spots all over the crest are distinctive.
… Andy Hamilton, 20 March, 2009 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. That was one of my
Thank you. That was one of my "guesses" the other being Ceresa alta.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/124437/bgpage

Because of your help with identifications I, and probably a lot of other people posting to BugGuide, are going to pay a lot more attention to hoppers this year.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 March, 2009 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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