Re: Jims bug problem link now new link

Neat, huh? They are quite docile and unfazed by nudging and touching. So I just went out with a tape measure and laid it along side one of them. 3/8 inch, stem to stern. Really want to find out what they are and what their role in the universe is--besides just sitting around, that is.


On Sunday, July 18, 2004, at 04:46 AM, Marge Talt wrote:

My word, Jim, are those guys super!  You need to keep one just to
have it.  They look like a planthopper on steroids from outerspace.
I also thought they were part of the plant in the other image;
couldn't find a 'bug' there.

The colors and the form on these guys are so very cool.

Treehoppers do come in Technicolor......

http://insectzoo.msstate.edu/Images/hom-a-1.jpg

Looking at this guy, shape of head and number of legs make me think
some type of totally exotic planthopper - how big are they?  I've
done a bit of a search but no luck on it; there are so many of these
things out there.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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