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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) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Proconiini » Oncometopia » subgenus Oncometopia (Oncometopia subgenus Oncometopia) » Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona)
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Broad-headed Sharpshooter - Oncometopia orbona
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Broad-headed Sharpshooter - Oncometopia orbona
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 12, 2009
A funny fella to photograph. This little bugger manages to stay on the opposite side of the stalk. It took 32 shots to get two like this one. I can't remember what it was like to use roll film.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 13 July, 2009 - 9:07am
Last updated 21 September, 2012 - 9:31am

You did better...
than I have been able to do with these little guys. Almost need to use a telephoto lens as they seem to be very camera shy.
… Scott Justis, 13 July, 2009 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Patience
I stood patiently, with camera raised, prefocused and set to continuous. When he came around the corner ...
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 13 July, 2009 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

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