Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Fulgoromorpha » Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) » Flatid Planthoppers (Flatidae) » Flatinae » Nephesini » Ormenoides » Ormenoides venusta
Photo#798416
Flatid planthopper with mites - Ormenoides venusta
Copyright © 2013 Maria de Bruyn

Flatid planthopper with mites - Ormenoides venusta
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
July 4, 2013
I am guessing these red dots are mites and that it is not a symbiotic relationship.

Images of this individual: tag all
Flatid planthopper with mites - Ormenoides venusta Flatid planthopper with mites - Ormenoides venusta
Contributed by Maria de Bruyn on 5 July, 2013 - 9:40am
Last updated 12 July, 2013 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 July, 2013 - 5:32pm

Ormenoides venusta
The mites just hitch a ride; they will attach themselves to any insect.
… Andy Hamilton, 12 July, 2013 - 8:55am

 
mites hitching a ride
So the mites do not cause any damage to the plant hopper? They're just lazy? ;>)
… Maria de Bruyn, 12 July, 2013 - 6:26pm

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 July, 2013 - 11:21am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2022 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: