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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> True Bugs (Hemiptera) of the FWG (18 Galleries) >> Treehoppers (Family: Membracidae) > Camel treehopper (Smilia camelus)
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11-JUN-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Camel treehopper (Smilia camelus)

I have been looking for treehoppers closely affiliated with oak trees for a long, long time. Every year I peer hopefully at the oaks, looking along twigs and under leaves, but nothing. Today, in the pouring rain, I finally found one of the oak-specific hoppers. This one has two green stripes, not particularly easy to see with the raindrops on it. Needless to say I was thrilled, and will be back on a sunnier day, hoping to see one again.

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Lieve Snellings12-Jun-2013 17:25
Amazing creture, never saw something like that... V
Ann Shapiro12-Jun-2013 13:05
WOW - that is awesome - great shot Christine! V
Guest 12-Jun-2013 11:38
Excellent shot of a lovely little creature Christine. And you are quite the intrepid adventurer to be out in yesterdays endless rain still on the search for insects while most of us were huddled inside warm and dry.
Claudia
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