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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 » Membracini » Enchenopa » undescribed species that feeds on hoptree (Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata)
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They've got horns - Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata
Copyright © 2006 john and jane balaban

They've got horns - Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 14, 2006
Size: ~3mm
They're pushing 3 mm in size and they're growing a horn. Still no sign of any green on the abdomen.

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They've got horns - Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata They've got horns - Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 June, 2006 - 10:23pm
Last updated 20 June, 2006 - 9:23am

Re: Enchenopa ptelea
Those are really neat-looking! Never seen anything like it before.
… Sasha Azevedo, 19 June, 2006 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Enchenopa nymphs
These ones are unusual in having that white stripe down the back contrasting with mottled, dark sides to the abdomen. Others with the white stripe (only on walnuts) have black abdomens with bold white markings. The ones on black walnut has a different pattern than the one on butternut. Watch for them, they are really cute!
… Andy Hamilton, 20 June, 2006 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

 
We've been taking a series of images
this year of the nymphs of this species of Enchenopa for Dr Hamilton. Apparently scientists know that there is a species of Enchenopa that feeds on Ptelea, but it has not yet been described in the literature, so it doesn't even have a name. The adults apparently all look alike, but the nymphs of all the Enchenopa species are different! They are strange little dinosaurs!
… john and jane balaban, 19 June, 2006 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

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