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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) » Deltocephalinae » Macrostelini » Balclutha » Balclutha impicta
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Tiny green leafhopper - Empoasca genus? - Balclutha impicta
Copyright © 2009 Dorothy E. Pugh

Tiny green leafhopper - Empoasca genus? - Balclutha impicta
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 23, 2009
Size: 2 mm long
This lively leafhopper was continually taking large leaps, and I felt very lucky to get any kind of decent photo. It was dwarfed by a much more cooperative Osbornellus genus leafhopper nearby.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 23 June, 2009 - 8:54pm
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 10:12am

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 14 July, 2009 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Balclutha impicta
The very short head, narrower than the thorax, and the long wings are distinctive. This is the unmarked form.
… Andy Hamilton, 14 July, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
That was a toughie.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 14 July, 2009 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

No kidding!
I think I was just trying to shoot his brother over here, and it is very difficult! Very tiny. I haven't downloaded my pix yet so I don't know if I was as successful as you. Subscribing to yours to find out the answer, when you get one. =)
… Ashley Bradford, 23 June, 2009 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Good luck to both of us!
I pored through the leafhopper pages for an hour, but couldn't find one with the same shape and size. Lots of little green jobs!
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 24 June, 2009 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

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