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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Membracinae » Hoplophorionini » Platycotis » Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
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Hopper - family Membracidae? - Platycotis vittata - female
Copyright © 2006 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Hopper - family Membracidae? - Platycotis vittata - Female
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
May 2, 2006
Size: about 6 mm
I left my camera out last night and when I found it this morning this guy was waiting on it - he obviously wanted to be first in line for his picture to be taken :)

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Hopper - family Membracidae? - Platycotis vittata - female Hopper - family Membracidae? - Platycotis vittata - female
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 2 May, 2006 - 8:39am
Last updated 7 August, 2017 - 10:11am

looks similar to:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1120/bgimage
… bennett gray, 2 May, 2006 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
I agree
I agree, same species, and based on the color and markings this is a female.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 2 May, 2006 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, that was quick!
I browsed that one but I didn't see the color match on the thumbnail size. Thanks for your help. I see from the link on the guide page that UF calls this variation the "mottled female."
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 May, 2006 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

nice shot. the shaddow looks
nice shot. the shaddow looks like a church with a steeple.
… Jonathan Burishkin, 2 May, 2006 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

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