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Water Lily Planthopper - Megamelus davisi
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Luk

Water Lily Planthopper - Megamelus davisi
University of Guelph Arboretum, Guelph (N43º32'31"W080º12'46"), Wellington, Ontario, Canada
September 1, 2009
Size: 3 mm
A closer crop of the previous image. Note the aphid, Podura aquatica springtails, and tiny parasitic wasp (presumably a parasitoid of the homopterans; perhaps a diapriid?) which share the same side the leaf with the planthoppers.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 3 September, 2009 - 2:24pm
Last updated 16 October, 2016 - 6:01pm

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