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Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa I wonder if the white stuff is feeding damage? Or eggs? Maybe just some kind of plant exudate?<br /> <br /> Habitat: Daucus carota; meadow<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137338/citrus_flatid_planthopper_-_metcalfa_pruinosa.html" title="Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/137338_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=dLN%2FVPT4ZXeuCMkyOE%2BgMw9qndM%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa The wild carrot seed heads were full of insects and spiders. I might need to do a study of them in autumn!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Daucus carota; meadow<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137337/citrus_flatid_planthopper_-_metcalfa_pruinosa.html Citrus flatid planthopper,Geotagged,Metcalfa pruinosa,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Citrus flatid planthopper,Geotagged,Metcalfa,Metcalfa pruinosa,Summer,United States,flatidae,planthopper Click/tap to enlarge

Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa

I wonder if the white stuff is feeding damage? Or eggs? Maybe just some kind of plant exudate?

Habitat: Daucus carota; meadow

Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa The wild carrot seed heads were full of insects and spiders. I might need to do a study of them in autumn!<br /> <br /> Habitat: Daucus carota; meadow<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/137337/citrus_flatid_planthopper_-_metcalfa_pruinosa.html Citrus flatid planthopper,Geotagged,Metcalfa pruinosa,Summer,United States

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The Citrus flatid planthopper

"Metcalfa pruinosa", the citrus flatid planthopper, is a species of insect in the Flatidae family of planthoppers first described by Thomas Say in 1830.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2022. Captured Sep 4, 2021 09:03 in 5 Judson Ave, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/197s
  • ISO125
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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