EDIT 08/07/2011 I've worked it out, it is in fact a planthopper, specifically Acanalonia conica. It is in a separate order then Katydids. Leafhoppers are Hemiptera which are known as "True Bugs", where as katydids are Orthoptera which includes grasshoppers, locusts and crickets.
It's a katydid!
ReplyDeleteI've seen a pink one, they are apparently very rare but on holiday in America one year I got to see one in an insectarium.
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I've worked it out, it is in fact a planthopper, specifically Acanalonia conica. It is in a separate order then Katydids. Leafhoppers are Hemiptera which are known as "True Bugs", where as katydids are Orthoptera which includes grasshoppers, locusts and crickets.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that little bug was called a Planthopper!
ReplyDeleteI always called them leaf bugs.
Thanks for revealing the real name.
I call these leaf bugs too... I found one today when it landed on my book... they're sooo cute! They're my favourite bugs (yes, I have no life lol). So yeah, I Googled them to see if I could figure out what they were.
ReplyDeleteHmm I am not actually convinced it is Acanalonia conica... it looks similar but not exactly the same...the shape at the tail end is different. Maybe another species of Acanalonia?
ReplyDeleteThere was one in my bathroom
ReplyDeleteI am currently looking at a little leaf bug which looks most similar to Acanalonia conica, yet this fellow appears to have transparent wings and a very flat face; either that or little bro is looking down in deep contemplation.
ReplyDeleteI notice the eat big leaf damage. Us this a healthy bug for roses. I guess I'll look that up.
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