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.
#Heidelberg 🏰
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I photographed this from a distance on my car windscreen with the 24-200mm zoom lens on my Nikon Z6iii.
I took that to the front door today to try & catch more of the many, many flies, wasps, & bees feeding from the ivy – it's a couple of metres across a deep "crevasse" (our house is built into the side of a hill), & so is not directly accessible.
I did see some interesting & perhaps new (?) species, but have failed so far to get a decent ID for any of them 🙄