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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) » Black-winged Sharpshooter (Oncometopia nigricans)
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Leaf Hopper - Sharpshooter - Oncometopia nigricans
Copyright © 2009 sdhelms

Leaf Hopper - Sharpshooter - Oncometopia nigricans
Clermont, Lake County, Florida, USA
August 8, 2009
Taken at my home/property.
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Contributed by sdhelms on 9 August, 2009 - 9:56am
Last updated 5 November, 2009 - 6:00pm

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… margarethe brummermann, 9 August, 2009 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

Leaf Hopper
Thank you guys so much. I have been looking so long to identify this little guy or girl. :)
… sdhelms, 9 August, 2009 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Broad-headed Sharpshooter, Oncometopia orbona
It's actually a leaf-hopper, a very pretty one at that.

click to enlarge
… Andrew Williams, 9 August, 2009 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
...
I would say this is O. nigricans, judging by the continuous dark lines on the wings.
See here:
… Sean McCann, 9 August, 2009 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
i agree
You're right. I didn't notice that, or realize there was another so similar looking. Wish I could edit my comment to correct it. :)
… Andrew Williams, 9 August, 2009 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

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