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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 » Graphocephala » subgenus Graphocephala (Graphocephala subgenus Graphocephala) » Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
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Red, blue, yellow bug - Graphocephala coccinea
Copyright © 2006 Sandra Garber

Red, blue, yellow bug - Graphocephala coccinea
Annapolis, MD, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
October 5, 2006
Size: 3/8 inch?
Photographing my Hibiscus flowers which I have been doing all Summer when they bloom. Saw a bug and about to blow it off the flower when I saw the incredible coloration aginst a hot orange and pink Hibiscus flower. I would expect to see this kind of color in the tropics not Maryland. Underbelly and legs are bright yellow.
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Contributed by Sandra Garber on 6 October, 2006 - 11:38pm
Last updated 11 July, 2020 - 1:09am

Moved
Moved from coccinea or teliformis.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 11 July, 2020 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Graphocephala.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 13 August, 2019 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Graphocephala.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 January, 2010 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 December, 2006 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Hey Sandra
Looks like what you have there is a Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), also known as the Candy-striped Leafhopper. Definitely a colorful and eye-catching insect.
… Stephen Luk, 6 October, 2006 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, he is colorful and reall
Yes, he is colorful and really made my day. Thanks for the info. He really made my photo of the HIbiscus flower special. One of those lucky shots. I will be looking for him to appear again yet this Fall.
… Sandra Garber, 7 October, 2006 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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