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Treehopper Nymphs??? - Antianthe expansa

Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 2, 2009
Size: up to 3/8 inch

Some of the insects in the picture are ants. these are very light in color. the TreeHopper Nymphs (I think) are dark and spiked.

If more pictures are desired, please email me at drleisy@gmail.com . . . before I get around to removing them!

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Chili Plants Bugs! Spiked / Spiky only found on chili plants! - Antianthe expansa

Treehopper Nymphs??? - Antianthe expansa

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Contributed by Daniel on 2 December, 2009 - 11:24pm
Last updated 8 December, 2009 - 11:35am

Moved

Moved from Treehoppers.

… Charley Eiseman, 8 December, 2009 - 11:35am

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Antianthe expansa

common in CA and quite distinctive in both stages, adults and nymphs

… Andy Hamilton, 8 December, 2009 - 10:40am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Natalie Hernandez, 3 December, 2009 - 6:00pm

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Yes, as Charley said.

The spiky ones are trehopper nymphs, and the green ones are the adults of the spiky ones. The ants are tending the treehoppers because as they suck out the sugary substances in the plants, they excrete a sugary substance called honeydew that the ants love to eat. We will move them to the Treehopper (Membracidae) page for now. There is a person on the site that is great with this family so he should be able to ID them further. If you don't want to let them live on your chili plant you can rinse it off really well and just keep watching it for more. Best thing to do without spraying chemicals. Feel free to post any more images you have, if you could get more of a head shot on the adults, so we can really see the horns, that'd be great.

… Natalie Hernandez, 3 December, 2009 - 5:59pm

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