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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) » Cicadellini » Draeculacephala » killed by fungus (Draeculacephala killed by fungus)
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Not even sure what group it belongs to - Draeculacephala
Copyright © 2010 Stone Lark

Not even sure what group it belongs to - Draeculacephala
Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
August 7, 2010
Size: 1 cm
On a dewy leaf in the very early morning, beside a pond. Looks like it has spread its wings to dry out as the sun comes up.
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Contributed by Stone Lark on 14 August, 2010 - 11:51am
Last updated 20 August, 2020 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Sharpshooters.
… Solomon Hendrix, 20 August, 2020 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers. This image is being saved for use in our gallery of fungus victims.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 October, 2010 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

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This is BugGuide's first example of a leafhopper killed by fungus (see other fungus victims here).
… Charley Eiseman, 28 September, 2010 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Leafhopper
Cicadellidae
… Brad Barnd, 15 August, 2010 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

 
The answer was not even on my radar
Thanks for your help.
… Stone Lark, 15 August, 2010 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

fungus infection?
No expert but it looks like it is dead due to a fungus infection.
… isobig, 14 August, 2010 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Draeculacephala
for frassing
… Andy Hamilton, 26 October, 2010 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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