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Copyright © 2011 Gacko

Black Hopper - Tylopelta gibbera

Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
October 24, 2010

As I recall,and judging from some of my other images, this was about 5mm. I hesitate to record this in the size field when it was so long ago and I didn't measure. There were several on a Simple-leaf Tick Clover.

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Contributed by Gacko on 9 April, 2011 - 11:43pm
Last updated 17 February, 2023 - 10:04pm

Moved

Moved from Tylopelta.

… Kyle Kittelberger, 30 April, 2020 - 6:06pm

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ubercool...

...but i'm a bit reluctant to make a sp. page for it: i know how unreliable size estimates may be --no offense, Gacko! i'm sure you'll find more, take good pix and measure the size

Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.

… v belov, 11 April, 2011 - 8:13am

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Found another

on the same host-plant, Simple Tick-leaf Clover (Desmodium psilophyllum or something close to it). I brought it home and measured it to be 3.5 mm. However, even collecting it and photographing at home I could not get even near as good an image as this one, affirming my guess/memory that it was indeed about 4-5mm.

… Gacko, 25 July, 2013 - 11:18pm

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Goodness! No offense taken!

I'm so pleased for someone to point me in the general direction! I'll check the host plants next Fall. They probably are the larger size though--my camera doesn't focus on 3mm. in bright sunlight when I'm trying to balance myself in tall weeds!

… Gacko, 11 April, 2011 - 1:00pm

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))

thanks again!

… v belov, 11 April, 2011 - 1:11pm

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Tylopelta

Probably T. americana, if your guess at the size is correct - T. gibbera is very much smaller (3 mm).

… Andy Hamilton, 11 April, 2011 - 8:08am

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