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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) » Centrotinae » Microcentrini » Microcentrus
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Nymph - Microcentrus
Copyright © 2013 Claude Pilon

Nymph - Microcentrus
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
June 13, 2013

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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 18 October, 2013 - 10:33am
Last updated 8 July, 2020 - 9:58am

Moved
Moved from Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper.
… Claude Pilon, 8 July, 2020 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Treehoppers.
… v belov, 22 October, 2013 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Agallia quadripunctata
a very young nymph, but with the characteristic earlike lobes on the head
… Andy Hamilton, 22 October, 2013 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Incredible...
... how it looks like a Membracid! The long, tubular, tip of the abdomen, the host (oak instead of a herbaceous plant, the usual food of A. quadripunctata) and the behavior (there was a small colony of a dozen of these nymphs tended by ants). Thanks Andy!
… Claude Pilon, 22 October, 2013 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Spikes on back
The spikes on the back also make me think it's Membracidae.
… John Schneider, 3 July, 2020 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Microcentrus
Andy Hamilton based his identification on the « characteristic earlike lobes on the head ». At that time, I didn't find any Membracidae with these head lobes. I searched again today and I found this picture . Now, it fits my 2013 observation! There was a colony of these nymphs on oak, one of the hosts of Microcentrus sp. Thanks!
… Claude Pilon, 8 July, 2020 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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