Cute little red-eyed bug

Bruce Williams · #1 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 05:08 PM

Almost missed this one it's so tiny (0.75mm). Cute though

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I was following a 3mm white aphid through my viewfinder (waiting for it to stop moving) when this little fellow came into view. I decided this was the more interesting subject......so I took a couple of pics:

I guess it's expecting a lot but......help with identification appreciated.

Bruce

Lesinlondon · #2 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 08:17 PM

Don't know what it is, but what an unusual (and cute) looker it is. That second pic is great. Les.

asheleaf · #3 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 08:29 PM

it looks vaguely like a hopper nymph, a very early instar? Thats just a guess though

Ashe

Acutipuerilis · #4 (**permalink**) 14-04-2009, 08:34 PM

Does indeed look like hopper, and I'd go so far as to say probably Macropsis sp - there are very few with spines on their back. I've never seen this early an instar, though!

Bruce Williams · #5 (**permalink**) 15-04-2009, 08:44 AM

Les, Ashe and Joe - Thanks for your comments and help with identification.

I forgot to mention that this tiny nymph was found in my garden living on the same geraniums as the 2mm long (spiny) nymphs in this earlier posting of mine: Unusual hemipteran nymphs

I also posted an image of an adult leafhopper (Hauptidia marocanna) found on the same geranium. See this post: Yellow (four-eyed) leafhopper

Bruce