| Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae sp. (Latreille, 1802)) |
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Scientific name: Cicadellidae sp. (Latreille, 1802) Common name: Leafhoppers French name: Cicadelles Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadellidae Wingspan : Biotope: Geographic area: Observation period : |
Leafhoppers are insects feeding on plant sap they suck with their roster. They hind legs are modified to move by long jumps. The antennae are made of a very short wide base ending with a bristle. There are two ocelli on the top of the head. The tarsi have three segments. The hind tibias bare each one row of spines. The bases of the middle legs are very close to the other under the thorax. |
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I have photographed this leafhopper nymph on the Monts-la-Fumée footpath next to the village of Saül. It is a very small size but easy to see with its bright colours. |
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I have found pictures of this nymph shot by other photographers, always in the tropical rainforest, in French Guiana, in Suriname, in Guyana, in Ecuador and in Brazil. Some of them were mentioned as Cicadellinae sub-family, Cicadellini tribe. |
André Bon October 2014