Vai al contenuto principale

← Torna al post

Bloody Yanks, coming over here, sucking our sap ... 🙄

This is a rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi; 🇩🇪 Rhododendron-Zikade).

Native to the eastern US, it arrived on plants in the UK in the 30s & Europe in the 70s.

Ironically, it lives in fear of the harlequin ladybird, another invader.

🏰
📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
🐞
🔬
🪰
🪲

A small leafhopper seen in half-profile, standing on the windscreen of my car, reflected several times in the multi-layer glass. The lower half of the leafhopper is yellow, including the legs, the latter with spines. Separated by a horizontal black stripe at the level of the eyes, the top half of the head and the wings are a lurid mix of green, orange, and red stripes, with black at the tip.

#photography #macrophotography #bugoftheday #heidelberg #insectsofmastodon #backgardenentomology

22

Caricamento...

4
6

Caricamento...

@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social da ich keine Rhododendren besitze und auch kein Rhododrendon bin - darf ich dieses Tierchen super knuffig finden.

0