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Candy-striped Leafhoppers (Mating) - Graphocephala coccinea
Striking vivid blue and red striped leafhoppers. Their dorsal surface is yellow. They feed on plant sap using their piercing-sucking mouthparts.
I found these two mating on a milkweed plant next to a pond.
"Graphocephala coccinea" is a meadow and woodland-dwelling species of brightly colored leafhopper native to North and Central America, from Canada south to Panama. Common names include candy-striped leafhopper, red-banded leafhopper, scarlet-and-green leafhopper and red-and-blue leafhopper.
Similar species: True Bugs
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jun 27, 2018. Captured Jun 26, 2018 11:08 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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