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Tiny leafhopper photographed on indoor lamp shade - dozens of these bugs had came in to the house one warm summer evening.
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Two of the many leafhoppers that were resting on a single lamp shade
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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LEAFHOPPER FACTS |
Identification
These Leafhoppers are so tiny that they can come through the mesh of the fly screen of windows. They are attracted to house lights in large numbers on warm summer nights, and many of them can com inside the house where they come to rest on lampshades and near lights. Many of them end up dead inside the lamp shades (along with the usual small moths).
Size
2mm
Food
plant sap
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hemiptera | | Family: | Cicadllidae | | Genus: | Cicadllidae family | | Species: | sp3 | | Common Name: | Leafhopper |
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