Cicadelle sp. (Cicadellidae sp.)

Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), novembre 2022

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Leafhopper sp. (Cicadellidae sp.)

Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), november 2022

#cicadellidae #cicadelles #leafhoppers #dunesdufortvert #eden62 #hautsdefrancenature #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #nature

The other interesting arrival was this leafhopper, which seems to be Hishimonus hamatus, an East Asian species with few UK records as far as I can tell (but more in mainland Europe).

#TeamMoth #moths #VC17 #LondonWildlife #insects #leafhoppers

The blackberries are starting to bloom and having the same issues with the leaves turning white but this year I spotted the problem before they probably all flew off. Leafhoppers! They got a soapy bath today. They were also on the rose bushes so those got a soapy spray too.

#gardening #blackberries #leafhoppers

How a #parasite plays matchmaker
https://elifesciences.org/digests/98992/how-a-parasite-plays-matchmaker paper: https://elifesciences.org/articles/98992

"The parasitic bacterium #phytoplasma helps male and female #leafhoppers find each other so they can breed and increase the population of #insects that spread the #parasites to new hosts... Protein SAP54 attracted female leafhoppers to the leaves, but only when males were also present. SAP54 also suppressed the plant’s defences when males were on the leaves, making the plant more inviting to females."

How a parasite plays matchmaker

The parasite phytoplasma helps male and female leafhoppers find each other so they can breed and increase the population of insects that spread the parasite to new hosts.

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Draeculacephala antica dragon-headed leafhopper, photographed at Indiana Dunes National Park. #Insects #Leafhoppers #Cicadellidae
Red and Black Froghopper, Cercopis sanguinolenta Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f /3.2 1/100 iso: 100 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/27/212 #hemiptera #bugs #hoppers #leafhoppers #insects #invertebrates #macro

Loved the leafhoppers, treehoppers, and spittlebugs: jumping off our path in numbers I had never seen.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=47&taxon_id=372849&user_id=albertcardona

#iNaturalist #Cicadomorpha #leafhoppers #treehoppers #spittlebugs

Observations

Spittlebugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers from Vermont, US by Albert Cardona

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"Oh no, he found me"

Yet more invading the personal space of insects in my garden, another leafhopper this time. This one thought the lavender flowers were a save hiding place. Sadly for it, no.

#photography #MacroPhotography #macro #wildlife #nature #garden #insects #leafhoppers

Phloem-feeding #insects like #whiteflies, #aphids and #leafhoppers are serious agricultural #pests and important vectors of plant diseases. Review of their effector proteins in the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions by Jade R. Bleau and others - https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-10-23-0167-FI
This Common Backyard Insect Is Helping Scientists Develop Invisibility Devices

Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. In a first, the team precisely replicated the complex g

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