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Originally Posted by goosey
Oh! I wouldn't have even considered them being both froghoppers - there is nothing similar between them to look at, apart from they both exist on the same plant.
Actually I have an interesting larva image I will post here as soon as poss'  . |
Leafhoppers, froghoppers (treehoppers, cicadas) are all very closely related (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha) but have different life-styles. The froghopper nymphs live in the 'cuckoo spit' whereas the leafhoppers don't (I think!
must check up on this). So your original pictures were leafhoppers but, of course, your nymph is a froghopper.
And a plant that bears many species of insect is clearly a good one!
