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Passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis)
Common name 'Fluffybum' these must be having a party with fireworks coming out of their rear ends.
Hundreds of tiny flatid planthopper nymphs appeared on our Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare)
The tails are made from uric acid crystals and often refract light into a rainbow of colour. Adult 
About 4mm long with mottled brown and white bodies.
Sometimes the sunlight catches their crystalline tails to display a rainbow spectrum like a tiny fireworks display.
Suburban back yard.
"Scolypopa australis" is a species of planthopper in the insect family Ricaniidae found in Australia. Despite their name, they are found not only on passion vines, but on many different plant species such as the lantana.
Similar species: True Bugs
By Mark Ridgway
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Uploaded Mar 2, 2016. Captured Dec 17, 2012 00:46 in 8 Alexandra St, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156, Australia.
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