Ileana Calotescu
In my post Macro Monday – Unidentified insect – Can you help me?, I asked for help to identify an insect that I saw for the first time in my life.
I had headaches and I still have, trying to find out what it is. Someone on another site told me it could be leafhopher nymph but I’m not sure this is the correct answer. It could be froghopper’s nymph, because I have seen many adults froghopper there.
The picture above is definitely a leafhopper nymph. It is known that leafhopper is the host insect for Drying Wasp eggs. You can see the wasp larvae on the back of this nymph.
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My question for you is.
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Do you think is the same insect in the photo above as in the previous post?
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Yes
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No
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Hmmm… Looks like I’m not sure it’s the same insect like you’ve shown before.
Hey… This macro is cool!
Hahaha! All my macros are cool!( I’m not modest now)
I can accept that openness! That’s cool!
Thank God for that!?
You are most welcome. dear Ma’am.
I do believe it is the same just older. What a great shot. Amazing!!
I do not know if it is older. It was smaller than the one in the first photos and as you see it looks different. I think it is younger or the parasite on its body did not allow it to grow. I have no idea. I do not know if it is the same insect but definitely belong to the same family.
True. It does look different but I believe a hopper of some kind. I have learned a lot since that first shot of the other nymph. Thank you for that.
With pleasure! I searched for a week to find out about these insects. I’m grateful to the macro photography that makes me learn new things.
I tried for a few hours that first day. As you know I never found it.
Perfect macro photo.
Thank you, Branka! This insect is only 4 mm long but here looks huge!
Very nice photo good macro
Through macro photography I discovered a world I knew almost nothing about!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- wasps are dicks
I agree! The wasps are terrible! However Dryinid Wasps are very small! Only 0.9 to 5.0 mm in length.
I don’t like parasites and I don’t like wasps, and these guys have two strikes against them already
if it is the same species, then they’re at different stages of development
I thought the same thing!
so are they the same?
Perfect macro photo. But I still find all insects weird.
Everything that is not well known to us can be considered weird. It is, however, a very exciting world.
Hmm… I thought the tail looks a little different … but it could be just me :p
They look different but, as Alex said, they coud be at different stages of development.
Some insects are necessary for plant life on Earth.
The role allotted to all these tiny creatures in the grand scheme of nature is to eat and be eaten! ?
I feel scary of this insect………..
This hopper nymph is about 4 mm long. Why is it scaring you ?!?
Yes I believe this is the same insect. And I have never seen one before. Very cool.
I do not know if it is the same insect but I think they belong to the same family.