#cicadellidae

Candy-striped aka Red-striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), family Cicadellidae, IL, USA

This leafhopper grows to a max. length of 8.4 mm.

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Do you ever see an insect and think . . . What the hell? What the helly? What the helleonte? What the helleon? What the helleberry? Wait . . . isn't this the intro I used for my treehoppers series ? ? Yes, it is. But hear me out, it applies to leafhoppers too (that, and I ran out of inspo for a good intro). They are just beauties, really strange and magnificent ones at that.

Another part, they are so freaking cool ! ! I am researching them, and I swear there is not a dull species to be found ! All leafhoppers are so gorgeous ! !

Selvitsa buscki

Broad-headed Sharpshooter - Oncometopia orbona

Tylozygus bifidus

Macunolla ventralis

Oncometopia facialis

Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae), nymphs, taken March 10, 2026, in Georgia, US

most leafhoppers around here are the everpresent tiny, unidentifiable sort and i don't have the fancy Graphocephala of the americas. luckily, i can often count on Synophropsis lauri to save the day with its peculiar beige-purple-grey hues and green eyes that look like bird eggs

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hello my dears... leafy leafhopper with a tinge of red in its eyes

i saw this leafhopper while out at night and i have no idea what kind it is. but its pretty! i love its greenish bluish colouring and the texture on its wings that makes it look like a leaf

Tiny microleafhoppers found on Eucalypts. There's three described species in the genus, but there's a high chance this one is undescribed.

I don't know where the unusual name for the genus came from, but the closely related Dziwneono, also endemic to Australia and its Eucalypts, is named from a Polish phrase meaning 'it is strange".

Kahaono montana was the first true bug known produce silk, which it uses as part of the shelters it makes against the weather and other threats.

The Typhlocybinae contains well over 6000 known species, making the microleafhoppers the second largest subfamily of the Cicadellidae, but that number is probably a wild underestimate. Many species are vividly coloured and patterned despite being a few millimeters long, and many are serious plant pests. Kahaono montana, for example, can be so abundant on Eucalytus trees that the leaves become mottled and discoloured.